10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
−$63,098at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
Regis College
⌖ Weston, MA · 16 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
10-year estimate · Negative payoff
−$63,098 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.
12.8 yrsModeled economic break-even
−22%Modeled 10-year ROI
$67,681Observed earnings · year 5
$11,703Maximum annual price for positive 10-year payoff
The price benchmark would need to fall by $15,775 per year to reach it.
Includes direct price and earnings forgone while studying. Assumes $45,000 in alternative annual earnings and no wage growth. How we calculate itECONOMIC 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.
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
- Suburban
- Admissions
- Selective admission
- Delivery
- Campus or mixed delivery
- Federal designation
- No special designation reported
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$27,477Average net price / year
$65,546Cost of attendance
$25,500Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$270/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$67,681Median earnings · year 5 after completion
72.2%Completion rate
69.8%Admission rate
956Student size
Institution debt covers federal student-loan borrowers who completed. Parent PLUS and private loans are excluded; missing and privacy-suppressed values remain unavailable.
NATIONAL CONTEXT
How this college compares
Percentiles compare this institution with currently operating colleges that report the same federal measure.
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.
EARNINGS PATH
Reported earnings over time
$72,298Year 1
$84,660Year 4
$67,681Year 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.
1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Graduate/Professional Certificate$142,9612Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Master's Degree$123,0363Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$94,3294Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions · Bachelor's Degree$89,4095Dental Support Services and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$83,0036Business/Commerce, General · Bachelor's Degree$82,0967Communication and Media Studies · Master's Degree$81,6158Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$79,727Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
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.
1Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree · $83,003 reported+34%vs same-degree national median$22,935federal debt2Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsBachelor's Degree · $89,409 reported+26%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt3Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesBachelor's Degree · $66,664 reported+26%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt4Business/Commerce, GeneralBachelor's Degree · $82,096 reported+20%vs same-degree national median$27,000federal debt5Communication and Media StudiesMaster's Degree · $81,615 reported+13%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt6Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingGraduate/Professional Certificate · $142,961 reported+13%vs same-degree national medianNot availablefederal debt
Comparable colleges in MA
Currently operating private nonprofit institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Wellesley, MA
Wellesley College
- Annual net price
- $25,496
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $66,433
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -24%
Assumption University
- Annual net price
- $29,498
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $65,990
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -30%
Suffolk University
- Annual net price
- $29,618
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $69,332
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -18%
Emmanuel College
- Annual net price
- $26,706
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $63,701
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -35%
Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes
| Federal field | Credential | Earnings, year 4 | Federal debt | 2023–24 awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $142,961 | Not available | Not reported |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Master's Degree | $123,036 | Not available | 66 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $94,329 | $30,750 | Not reported |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Bachelor's Degree | $89,409 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions | Associate's Degree | $83,003 | $22,935 | Not reported |
| Business/Commerce, General | Bachelor's Degree | $82,096 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Communication and Media Studies | Master's Degree | $81,615 | Not available | Not reported |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Associate's Degree | $79,727 | $31,725 | Not reported |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology | Master's Degree | $72,274 | Not available | 5 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | $66,664 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Special Education and Teaching | Master's Degree | $65,421 | Not available | Not reported |
| Public Health | Bachelor's Degree | $63,892 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $55,170 | Not available | Not reported |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness | Bachelor's Degree | $46,686 | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $27,000 | Not reported |
| Dental Support Services and Allied Professions | Bachelor's Degree | Not available | $27,000 | Not 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.