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J Sargeant Reynolds Community College

⌖ Richmond, VA · 17 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$175,942 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.

81.1 yrsModeled economic break-even
−88%Modeled 10-year ROI
$47,473Observed 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
−$175,942at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$200,6720
2
4
6
8
−$175,94210
Years after graduationBreak-even: 81.1 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 tuition$5,280
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$11,718
Sticker price
Average net price$5,168
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$12,428
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$5,168Average net price / year
$12,428Cost of attendance
$10,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$111/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$47,473Median earnings · year 5 after completion
32.2%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
5,586Student size

Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.

PRICE BY FAMILY INCOME

Average net price is not one price

Federal averages for aided students in each family-income band. Your aid offer can differ.

$0–30k$3,865
$30–48k$4,649
$48–75k$5,377
$75–110k$9,249
$110k+$12,016
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$47,473
Year 6$32,102
Year 10$39,529
Full-time retention
68.5%
Part-time retention
40.9%
Completion within 200% of normal time
35.3%

Earnings timepoints may use different historical cohorts and should not be read as one group’s guaranteed salary growth.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

55thEarnings percentile
14thCompletion percentile
WHAT STANDS OUT

A faster read on this college

These summaries use only reportable field-and-credential records at this institution. They do not fill privacy-suppressed outcomes.

$54,823Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$11,250Median federal debt across categories that report debt
71%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$38,017Year 1
$54,140Year 4
$47,473Year 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.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$83,7942Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$76,9493Engineering, General · Associate's Degree$73,3644Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$66,2305Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$63,1366Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$60,3967Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$55,9608Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$55,704

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$83,794$20,502
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$76,949$20,435
Engineering, GeneralAssociate's Degree$73,364$10,500
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$66,230Not available
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$63,136$11,250
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$60,396Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$55,960$10,500
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$55,704Not available
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree$54,823Not available
Biological and Physical SciencesAssociate's Degree$49,555$10,948
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$48,984$25,838
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$45,283$11,000
Social Sciences, GeneralAssociate's Degree$44,435$12,500
Legal Support ServicesAssociate's Degree$42,660$20,250
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$40,789Not available
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$40,107$32,601
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$38,789$7,249

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.