Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Mitchell College

⌖ New London, CT · 3 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

10-year estimate · Negative payoff

−$355,450 over 10 years

Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.

With these assumptions, the added earnings do not recover the cost within ten years.

Not availableModeled economic break-even
−118%Modeled 10-year ROI
$39,559Observed earnings · year 5
Not reachedMaximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate it
A QUICK READ

What the numbers say about Mitchell College

What does Mitchell College cost?

Mitchell College reports an average annual net price of $30,260 after grants and scholarships. This is an institution-wide average, not an individual aid offer.

What do Mitchell College graduates earn?

The observed median earnings figure is $39,559 5 years after completion. It describes a federal cohort, not a guaranteed starting salary.

How much federal debt do Mitchell College graduates have?

Completer borrowers report median cumulative federal student debt of $25,150. Parent PLUS and private loans are not included.

Is every degree at Mitchell College worth the same?

No. DegreeVerdict currently shows 3 field-and-credential outcomes at Mitchell College; reported earnings and debt can differ substantially by program category.

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
−$355,450at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$301,0400
2
4
6
8
−$355,45010
Years after graduationBreak-even: 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$40,490
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$40,490
Sticker price
Average net price$30,260
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$55,621
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
PRICE SENSITIVITY

The price can change the verdict.

Hold observed earnings constant and see how the modeled ten-year payoff changes as annual price rises.

What stays fixed$39,559 observed annual earnings · 4 years of study · $45,000 alternative annual earnings · ten-year horizonThe marked price is this college’s institution-wide average net price, not your personal aid offer. This is a sensitivity test, not a tuition quote or earnings forecast.
COLLEGE AT A GLANCE

Institution details

Current federal characteristics describing the college, not the outcomes of a specific program.

Accreditor
New England Commission on Higher Education
Main award level
Bachelor’s degrees
Campus setting
City
Admissions
Selective admission
Delivery
Campus or mixed delivery
Federal designation
No special designation reported
Sources: College Scorecard June 2026 release and IPEDS 2024 institutional characteristics.
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, debt, completion and earnings context

$30,260Average net price / year
$55,621Cost of attendance
$25,150Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$267/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$39,559Median earnings · year 5 after completion
42.2%Completion rate
94.7%Admission rate
377Student 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$26,485
$30–48k$27,972
$48–75k$29,970
$75–110k$29,559
$110k+$35,675
LONGER-TERM CONTEXT

What happens beyond the first earnings measure

Year 5$39,559
Year 6$35,330
Year 10$39,115
Full-time retention
59.0%
Part-time retention
Not available
Completion within 200% of normal time
61.7%

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

WHO PAYS, WHO FINISHES, WHO EARNS

Outcomes are not the same for every family.

These federal cohorts add context that a single college average can hide. Missing figures remain unreported rather than estimated.

Pell Grant students39%

Complete within 150% of the expected time

57% received a Pell Grant within eight years
Parent borrowing$22,700

Median Parent PLUS debt

141 parent borrowers in the reported cohort
First-generation students$15,250

Median federal student debt

56% making progress in repayment after three years
Three-year repayment progress
Lower income49%
Middle income59%
Higher income73%

Source: College Scorecard, June 2026 release. Parent PLUS debt belongs to parents; student-debt measures exclude Parent PLUS and private loans. Cohort definitions differ by measure.

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

38thEarnings percentile
27thCompletion 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.

$50,035Median year-4 earnings across reportable program categories
$26,000Median federal debt across categories that report debt
0%Of earnings-reporting categories above their same-field national benchmark
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$27,624Year 1
$44,062Year 4
$39,559Year 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 · Bachelor's Degree$50,9912Criminal Justice and Corrections · Bachelor's Degree$50,0353Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness · Bachelor's Degree$45,446

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

Strongest relative outcomes

Programs that stand out against the same-degree benchmark

This view rewards performance relative to the same field and credential, not simply majors that pay more everywhere.

1Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree · $50,035 reported-10%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt2Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree · $45,446 reported-17%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt3Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree · $50,991 reported-25%vs same-degree national median$26,000federal debt
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt2023–24 awards
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree$50,991$26,000Not reported
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree$50,035$27,000Not reported
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree$45,446Not availableNot reported

Awards use first-major IPEDS completions aggregated to the same four-digit field and credential.

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.