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Lebanon Valley College

⌖ Annville, PA · 20 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$117,926 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.

16.9 yrsModeled economic break-even
−41%Modeled 10-year ROI
$61,999Observed 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
−$117,926at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$287,9160
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4
6
8
−$117,92610
Years after graduationBreak-even: 16.9 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$52,080
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$52,080
Sticker price
Average net price$26,979
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$66,497
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$26,979Average net price / year
$66,497Cost of attendance
$61,999Median earnings · year 5 after completion
65.0%Completion rate
83.8%Admission rate
1,684Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

82thEarnings percentile
59thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$45,004Year 1
$63,570Year 4
$61,999Year 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.

1Business Administration, Management and Operations · Master's Degree$107,0762Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods · Bachelor's Degree$105,4443Economics · Bachelor's Degree$93,8784Accounting and Related Services · Bachelor's Degree$84,2355Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions · Doctoral Degree$80,2746Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree$80,1947Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness · Bachelor's Degree$74,4298Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas · Master's Degree$68,619

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

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree$107,076Not available
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsBachelor's Degree$105,444$27,000
EconomicsBachelor's Degree$93,878$27,000
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree$84,235$24,125
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsDoctoral Degree$80,274Not available
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree$80,194Not available
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree$74,429$27,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasMaster's Degree$68,619Not available
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$65,696$27,000
Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationBachelor's Degree$63,128$27,000
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$59,559$27,000
CriminologyBachelor's Degree$58,447Not available
Romance Languages, Literatures, and LinguisticsBachelor's Degree$55,548Not available
MusicBachelor's Degree$54,235$26,846
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's Degree$50,658$27,000
English Language and Literature, GeneralBachelor's Degree$47,838$27,000
SociologyBachelor's Degree$46,836Not available
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree$42,874$27,000
Special Education and TeachingBachelor's DegreeNot available$27,000
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasBachelor's DegreeNot available$27,000

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.