10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$206,742at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Mid-State Technical College
⌖ Wisconsin Rapids, WI · 12 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff
−$206,742 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.
133.4 yrsModeled economic break-even
−93%Modeled 10-year ROI
$46,675Observed 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
$10,873Average net price / year
$15,840Cost of attendance
$46,675Median earnings · year 5 after completion
51.9%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
2,288Student 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
$41,907Year 1
$53,827Year 4
$46,675Year 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.
1Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Associate's Degree$75,5732Criminal Justice and Corrections · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$67,1163Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$66,3564Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$58,7905Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$58,6926Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications · Associate's Degree$58,4927Precision Metal Working · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$50,8208Accounting and Related Services · Associate's Degree$46,182Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in WI
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Cleveland, WI
Lakeshore Technical College
- Annual net price
- $9,653
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $45,951
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -96%
Northcentral Technical College
- Annual net price
- $10,303
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $48,116
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -86%
Blackhawk Technical College
- Annual net price
- $9,330
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $47,299
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -89%
Northwood Technical College
- Annual net price
- $8,989
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $47,020
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -91%
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.