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Schoolcraft Community College District

Livonia, MI · 14 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$180,930 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.

233.1 yrsModeled economic break-even
−96%Modeled 10-year ROI
$45,811Observed 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
−$180,930at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$189,0400
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4
6
8
−$180,93010
Years after graduationBreak-even: 233.1 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$4,736
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$8,142
Sticker price
Average net price$2,260
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$12,048
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$2,260Average net price / year
$12,048Cost of attendance
$45,811Median earnings · year 5 after completion
18.4%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
7,511Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

51thEarnings percentile
3thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$41,790Year 1
$48,981Year 4
$45,811Year 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.

1Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$85,9892Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$79,5853Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians · Associate's Degree$72,6694Business/Commerce, General · Associate's Degree$62,6935Marketing · Associate's Degree$55,5986Criminal Justice and Corrections · Associate's Degree$55,4367Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$53,0528Accounting and Related Services · Associate's Degree$52,940

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in MI

Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.

Scottville, MI

West Shore Community College

Annual net price
$1,527
Observed earnings · year 5
$45,924
Modeled 10-year ROI
-95%
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Kalamazoo, MI

Kalamazoo Valley Community College

Annual net price
$2,979
Observed earnings · year 5
$45,613
Modeled 10-year ROI
-97%
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Ann Arbor, MI

Washtenaw Community College

Annual net price
$3,249
Observed earnings · year 5
$47,863
Modeled 10-year ROI
-85%
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Warren, MI

Macomb Community College

Annual net price
$1,618
Observed earnings · year 5
$48,736
Modeled 10-year ROI
-80%
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$85,989$26,676
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$79,585$21,575
Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate's Degree$72,669Not available
Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate's Degree$62,693$9,642
MarketingAssociate's Degree$55,598$14,943
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate's Degree$55,436$11,868
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$53,052$10,000
Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate's Degree$52,940Not available
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate's Degree$49,283$23,000
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$46,662$10,734
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$37,927$13,985
Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate's Degree$37,459$15,750
Agricultural and Food Products ProcessingUndergraduate Certificate or DiplomaNot available$21,000
Engineering, GeneralAssociate's DegreeNot available$8,949

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.