10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$107,180at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF
Connecticut College
New London, CT · 14 field-and-degree records
Earnings reported for 8 · Federal debt reported for 14
Based onObserved earnings + college priceEstimate10-year payoff
Estimated 10-year payoff
Negative payoff
−$107,180 over 10 years
Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.
14.9 yrsTime to earn back the modeled cost
−33%Estimated return after 10 years
$66,752Observed earnings · year 5
$9,380Highest annual price before payoff reaches $0
The price benchmark would need to fall by $26,795 per year to reach it.
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What do you want to understand?
ECONOMIC INVESTMENT → PAYBACK
Estimated payoff over ten years.
The scenario counts direct price and earnings forgone upfront, then applies the reported annual earnings premium.
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 STUDENT BUDGET · 2024–25
What makes up the annual price?
Sticker-price components reported to IPEDS. Grants and scholarships are not subtracted here.
Living off campus: $18,558 housing and food allowance plus $1,000 in other expenses.
Do not confuse this with net price. Net price subtracts average grants and scholarships. DegreeVerdict continues to use the separately labeled average net price in its standard college ROI scenario.
PRICE SENSITIVITY
The price can change the verdict.
Hold observed earnings constant and see how the modeled ten-year payoff changes as annual price rises.
← Negative payoff$0Positive payoff →
$0Annual price+$37,520
$10,000Annual price−$2,480
$20,000Annual price−$42,480
$30,000Annual price−$82,480
$36,000Current college-wide context−$106,480
$40,000Annual price−$122,480
$50,000Annual price−$162,480
HOW STUDENTS ATTEND · 2023-24
Most students study without distance-education courses.
IPEDS enrollment counts show course delivery across the whole institution. They do not indicate whether a specific degree can be completed online.
Institution-level attendance context from IPEDS. Program delivery is reported separately on degree pages and in the program directory. These figures do not enter ROI.
College identity and local contextAccreditation, institution type, dual enrollment and state prices
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE
Institution details
Current federal characteristics describing the college, not the outcomes of a specific program.
- Accreditor
- New England Commission on Higher Education
- Main award level
- Bachelor’s degrees
- Campus setting
- City
- Admissions
- Selective admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
DUAL-ENROLLMENT CONTEXT · 2024
31 high-school students took college courses.
IPEDS counts students enrolled in college credit while still in high school. A large dual-enrollment population can shape headline enrollment figures, especially at community colleges.
This is participation, not a college completion rate. It does not indicate how many students later enrolled after high school, earned a credential or entered the workforce.
STATE PRICE CONTEXT · 2024
Prices in Connecticut run 4% above the U.S. level.
BEA Regional Price Parities compare price levels across states. A value of 100 equals the national average.
What it costs and what graduates earn
$36,175Average net price / year
$84,623Cost of attendance
$23,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$249/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$66,752Median earnings · year 5 after completion
82.0%Completion rate
37.0%Admission rate
1,432Average SAT score
32ACT midpoint
1,937Student size
Debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. It does not include Parent PLUS or private loans. We show admissions scores only when a valid federal value is available.
What the numbers say about Connecticut College
What does Connecticut College cost?
Connecticut College reports an average annual net price of $36,175 after grants and scholarships. This is an institution-wide average, not an individual aid offer.
What do Connecticut College graduates earn?
The observed median earnings figure is $66,752 5 years after completion. It describes a federal cohort, not a guaranteed starting salary.
How much federal debt do Connecticut College graduates have?
Completer borrowers report median cumulative federal student debt of $23,500. Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.
Is every degree at Connecticut College worth the same?
No. The current release contains 14 field-and-degree records for Connecticut College; 8 report year-4 earnings and 14 report federal debt. Outcomes can differ substantially by field and degree level.
DEBT AFTER COLLEGE
Are borrowers making progress?
Repayment progress, default and debt at exit describe different federal borrower cohorts. They are shown separately and do not change the ROI estimate.
Source: College Scorecard. Repayment progress is the share of borrowers who reduced principal by at least $1 at the stated measurement point. Debt covers federal student loans; Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded. Cohorts and reporting periods differ across measures.
Who studied here during the year
2,032Students enrolled at any point
2,032Undergraduate students
Not availableGraduate students
Unduplicated students enrolled at any point from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. This full-year measure is different from a fall headcount and does not enter ROI.
More student and earnings detailPrice by family income, retention, equity and common industries
WHO PAYS, WHO FINISHES, WHO EARNS
Outcomes are not the same for every family.
These federal cohorts add context that a single college average can hide. Missing figures remain unreported rather than estimated.
Complete within 150% of the expected time
87% received a Pell Grant within eight yearsMedian Parent PLUS debt
97 parent borrowers in the reported cohortMedian federal student debt
Three-year repayment not reportedStudent family incomeMedian earnings after 10 yearsObserved federal cohorts
Lower income$58,054Earnings are not a guarantee
Middle income$75,345Earnings are not a guarantee
Higher income$78,875Earnings are not a guarantee
Three-year repayment progress
Lower incomeNot reported
Middle incomeNot reported
Higher income91%
Undergraduate student composition
White68%
Black5%
Hispanic12%
Asian3%
Source: College Scorecard, June 2026 release. Parent PLUS debt belongs to parents; student-debt measures exclude Parent PLUS and private loans. Cohort definitions differ by measure.
INDEPENDENT CENSUS EARNINGS VIEW
How earnings develop by field
Privacy-protected Census employment records follow graduate cohorts one, five and ten years after completion. This source is kept separate from College Scorecard because its population and methodology differ.
Field and credentialYear 1Year 5Year 10
Anthropology.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 45
$62,301Year 1
$91,796Year 5
$126,300Year 10
History.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 54
$45,751Year 1
$72,585Year 5
$104,398Year 10
Clinical Psychology.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 42
$45,000Year 1
$66,514Year 5
$96,105Year 10
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 26
$43,523Year 1
$67,394Year 5
$95,724Year 10
English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 23
$43,588Year 1
$61,332Year 5
$95,590Year 10
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 50
$35,298Year 1
$67,746Year 5
$91,987Year 10
Apparel and Textiles.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 19
$42,596Year 1
$58,998Year 5
$79,787Year 10
Area Studies.Bachelor’s degree · Broad federal field 05
$48,487Year 1
$70,298Year 5
$76,015Year 10
Median annual earnings in 2023 dollars. Each time point may use a different pooled graduation cohort. Coverage is limited to institutions participating in the Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes program.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
WHAT STANDS OUT
A faster read on this college
These summaries use every reportable field-and-credential record at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.
EARNINGS OVER TIME
What graduates earned in later years
$44,155Year 1
$67,540Year 4
$66,752Year 5
Each year can represent a different federal cohort, so the points do not track the same people over time.
Your choice of degree can change the payoff.
Graduate earnings differ by field and credential, even within the same college.
1Economics · Bachelor's Degree$107,2832Political Science and Government · Bachelor's Degree$74,1903International Relations and National Security Studies · Bachelor's Degree$71,9604Sociology · Bachelor's Degree$63,7775Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology · Bachelor's Degree$62,9256Fine and Studio Arts · Bachelor's Degree$61,3217Area Studies · Bachelor's Degree$60,7498English Language and Literature, General · Bachelor's Degree$54,495Observed year-4 earnings · compare the same field and credential across colleges
Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark
This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential, not simply majors that pay more everywhere.
1Fine and Studio ArtsBachelor's Degree · $61,321 reported+48%vs same-degree national median$23,250federal debt2EconomicsBachelor's Degree · $107,283 reported+30%vs same-degree national median$25,206federal debt3Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyBachelor's Degree · $62,925 reported+29%vs same-degree national median$25,979federal debt4SociologyBachelor's Degree · $63,777 reported+21%vs same-degree national median$20,670federal debt5Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree · $74,190 reported+17%vs same-degree national median$24,800federal debt6English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree · $54,495 reported+12%vs same-degree national median$25,227federal debt
Comparable colleges in CT
Currently operating private nonprofit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive, not a quality ranking.
West Haven, CT
University of New Haven
- Annual net price
- $34,192
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $62,942
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -43%
Goodwin University
- Annual net price
- $29,249
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $65,520
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -31%
Albertus Magnus College
- Annual net price
- $34,028
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $60,642
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -51%
University of Hartford
- Annual net price
- $30,282
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $64,107
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -37%
Compare fields and degree levels
Showing all 14 field-and-degree records in the current release.
| Major or field | Degree level | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2024–25 graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $107,283 | $25,206 | Not reported |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $74,190 | $24,800 | Not reported |
| International Relations and National Security Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $71,960 | $25,855 | Not reported |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | $63,777 | $20,670 | Not reported |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $62,925 | $25,979 | Not reported |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $61,321 | $23,250 | Not reported |
| Area Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $60,749 | $21,220 | Not reported |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | $54,495 | $25,227 | Not reported |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $26,352 | Not reported |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $23,045 | Not reported |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $26,000 | Not reported |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $20,000 | Not reported |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $24,197 | Not reported |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $21,500 | Not reported |
Graduate counts come from IPEDS and group related majors into the same federal field. Missing earnings or debt values remain labeled as unavailable.
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.