Private for-profit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Gwinnett College

Roswell, GA · 6 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$498,474 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
−158%Modeled 10-year ROI
$26,781Observed 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
−$498,474at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$316,2840
2
4
6
8
−$498,47410
Years after graduationBreak-even: 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 tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuitionNot available
Sticker price
Average net price$34,071
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$37,004
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$34,071Average net price / year
$37,004Cost of attendance
$26,781Median earnings · year 5 after completion
66.7%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
94Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

17thEarnings percentile
62thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$21,649Year 1
$33,715Year 4
$26,781Year 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.

1Legal Support Services · Associate's Degree$36,2462Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Associate's Degree$35,7403Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$34,9444Health and Medical Administrative Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$34,8265Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$32,7556Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$27,272

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in GA

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

Stone Mountain, GA

United Education Institute-Stone Mountain

Annual net price
$32,174
Observed earnings · year 5
$26,825
Modeled 10-year ROI
-159%
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Duluth, GA

Atlanta Institute of Music and Media

Annual net price
$37,832
Observed earnings · year 5
$26,529
Modeled 10-year ROI
-156%
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Marietta, GA

Gwinnett College-Marietta Campus

Annual net price
$33,966
Observed earnings · year 5
$30,833
Modeled 10-year ROI
-145%
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Morrow, GA

United Education Institute-Morrow

Annual net price
$35,734
Observed earnings · year 5
$31,471
Modeled 10-year ROI
-142%
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Legal Support ServicesAssociate's Degree$36,246Not available
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate's Degree$35,740Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$34,944Not available
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$34,826Not available
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$32,755$9,435
Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$27,272$12,976

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.