Public · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Cleveland Community College

Shelby, NC · 7 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Uncertain payoff

Payoff needs your actual price

ROI withheld because the institution-wide price is missing, below the reliability floor or produces an extreme price-sensitive scenario.

Available federal data is not complete enough for a confident payoff classification.

Modeled economic break-even
Not availableModeled 10-year ROI
$37,871Observed earnings · year 5
Economic ROI includes direct price and earnings forgone during study · $45,000 comparison earnings · values held flat · see the formula
PAYOFF CURVE

Not enough reliable price data to model ROI.

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$2,602
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$8,746
Sticker price
Average net price$995
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$5,565
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$995Average net price / year
$5,565Cost of attendance
$37,871Median earnings · year 5 after completion
31.5%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,097Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

34thEarnings percentile
13thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$32,277Year 1
$41,985Year 4
$37,871Year 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 · Associate's Degree$78,9442Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$51,6603Criminal Justice and Corrections · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$50,0744Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$38,3345Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$35,8786Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods · Associate's Degree$29,5757Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$25,191

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in NC

Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.

Lumberton, NC

Robeson Community College

Annual net price
$2,892
Observed earnings · year 5
$38,016
Modeled 10-year ROI
-136%
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New Bern, NC

Craven Community College

Annual net price
$3,289
Observed earnings · year 5
$38,699
Modeled 10-year ROI
-133%
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Goldsboro, NC

Wayne Community College

Annual net price
$2,245
Observed earnings · year 5
$39,786
Modeled 10-year ROI
-128%
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Kinston, NC

Lenoir Community College

Annual net price
$4,127
Observed earnings · year 5
$38,166
Modeled 10-year ROI
-135%
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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 NursingAssociate's Degree$78,944Not available
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$51,660Not available
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$50,074Not available
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$38,334$7,131
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$35,878Not available
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate's Degree$29,575Not available
Cosmetology and Related Personal Grooming ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$25,191Not available

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.