10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$211,258at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Howard College
⌖ Big Spring, TX · 12 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$211,258 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
−103%Modeled 10-year ROI
$44,333Observed earnings · year 5
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.
Cost, completion and earnings context
$6,147Average net price / year
$13,858Cost of attendance
$44,333Median earnings · year 5 after completion
35.1%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
1,611Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$40,190Year 1
$50,818Year 4
$44,333Year 5
Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.
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$88,9352Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$77,0123Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$75,7204Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$70,3455Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$70,1416Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$68,7237Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$50,1038Health/Medical Preparatory Programs · Associate's Degree$49,287Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in TX
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Ranger, TX
Ranger College
- Annual net price
- $6,182
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $42,768
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -111%
Odessa College
- Annual net price
- $6,368
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $45,849
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -96%
South Plains College
- Annual net price
- $6,791
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $42,595
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -112%
Angelina College
- Annual net price
- $7,773
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $45,311
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -99%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
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.