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Cleveland Institute of Music

⌖ Cleveland, OH · 2 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$591,534 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.

—Modeled economic break-even

−202%Modeled 10-year ROI

$15,137Observed 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

−$591,534at year 10

Net gainInvestment not yet recovered

NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED

−$292,9040

−$591,53410

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$52,880

Sticker price

Published out-of-state tuition$52,880

Sticker price

Average net price$28,226

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$61,212

Tuition + living budget

OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$28,226Average net price / year

$61,212Cost of attendance

$15,137Median earnings · year 5 after completion

72.1%Completion rate

47.3%Admission rate

159Student size

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

1thEarnings percentile

71thCompletion percentile

EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$15,625Year 1

$37,132Year 4

$15,137Year 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.

1Music · Master's Degree$38,887 2Music · Bachelor's Degree$37,656

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 field	Credential	Earnings, year 4	Federal debt
Music	Master's Degree	$38,887	Not available
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$37,656	$25,500

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.