Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

JFK Muhlenberg Harold B. and Dorothy A. Snyder Schools

Plainfield, NJ · 0 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Positive payoff

+$61,654 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.

8.5 yrsModeled economic break-even
+18%Modeled 10-year ROI
$85,423Observed 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
+$61,654at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$342,5760
2
4
6
8
+$61,65410
Years after graduationBreak-even: 8.5 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$24,916
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$31,336
Sticker price
Average net price$40,644
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$47,124
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$40,644Average net price / year
$47,124Cost of attendance
$85,423Median earnings · year 5 after completion
Not availableCompletion rate
58.6%Admission rate
188Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

97thEarnings percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$77,905Year 1
$89,666Year 4
$85,423Year 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.