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Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing

⌖ McKees Rocks, PA · 0 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Positive payoff

+$58,716 over 10 years

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

This is a positive modeled result. Price, time to finish and future earnings can still change the outcome.

8.2 yrsModeled economic break-even

+21%Modeled 10-year ROI

$78,334Observed 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

+$58,716at year 10

Net gainInvestment not yet recovered

NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED

−$274,6240

+$58,71610

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$22,800

Sticker price

Published out-of-state tuition$22,800

Sticker price

Average net price$23,656

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$29,767

Tuition + living budget

OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$23,656Average net price / year

$29,767Cost of attendance

$78,334Median earnings · year 5 after completion

Not availableCompletion rate

82.0%Admission rate

71Student size

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

95thEarnings percentile

EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$63,080Year 1

$72,712Year 4

$78,334Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

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PROGRAM OUTCOMES

No field-level outcomes are currently reportable.

This college remains in the national directory because it appears in the College Scorecard. Program outcomes may be unavailable, privacy-suppressed or outside the reported cohorts.

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.