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Berkeley College-Woodland Park

⌖ Woodland Park, NJ · 23 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$285,690 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

At these assumptions, the estimated earnings premium does not recover the modeled economic investment within ten years.

1064.2 yrsModeled economic break-even
−99%Modeled 10-year ROI
$45,271Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK

Estimated payoff over ten years.

The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.

10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$285,690at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$288,4000
2
4
6
8
−$285,69010
Years after graduationBreak-even: 1064.2 years
FEDERAL COST DATA

Four ways to read college price.

Annual college-wide figures from the current College Scorecard release. Average net price covers full-time, first-time undergraduates receiving federal aid; public-college figures use in-state students. Program tuition and individual aid offers may differ.

Published in-state tuition$29,800
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$29,800
Sticker price
Average net price$27,100
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$44,691
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$27,100Average net price / year
$44,691Cost of attendance
$45,271Median earnings · year 5 after completion
43.7%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,778Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.

49thEarnings percentile
29thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$38,568Year 1
$48,750Year 4
$45,271Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

PROGRAM PAYOFF SPREAD

The college average is not the whole story.

Observed earnings vary substantially by field and credential at the same institution.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$128,0382Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$79,2403Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$63,6694Marketing · Bachelor's Degree$60,9675Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$56,2816Business Administration, Management and Operations · Bachelor's Degree$55,6037Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$55,5498Health and Medical Administrative Services · Bachelor's Degree$55,481

Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree$128,038$45,693
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$79,240Not available
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$63,669$26,045
MarketingBachelor's Degree$60,967$44,088
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$56,281$21,527
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$55,603$34,874
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$55,549$36,391
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesBachelor's Degree$55,481$45,894
International BusinessBachelor's Degree$54,633$38,350
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$49,045$21,047
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$47,997$31,000
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing OperationsBachelor's Degree$47,104$32,075
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$46,472$13,583
Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing OperationsAssociate's Degree$45,844$18,853
Design and Applied ArtsBachelor's Degree$44,538$30,398
Legal Professions and Studies, OtherBachelor's Degree$43,968$34,413
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate's Degree$43,322$25,562
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$41,755$16,716
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$40,919$10,415
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree$38,875$16,909
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$32,328$15,003
Design and Applied ArtsAssociate's DegreeNot available$17,500
MarketingAssociate's DegreeNot available$19,149

Earnings, price, completion and enrollment are observed federal measures. ROI, payoff and break-even are modeled scenarios built from those measures and fixed assumptions. College payoff is not the payoff of every degree at this school; use the program table for a more precise comparison.