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Scripps College

⌖ Claremont, CA · 0 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$89,236 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.

13.8 yrsModeled economic break-even

−27%Modeled 10-year ROI

$68,594Observed 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

−$89,236at year 10

Net gainInvestment not yet recovered

NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED

−$325,1760

−$89,23610

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$65,950

Sticker price

Published out-of-state tuition$65,950

Sticker price

Average net price$36,294

Title IV student average

Cost of attendance$87,564

Tuition + living budget

OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$36,294Average net price / year

$87,564Cost of attendance

$68,594Median earnings · year 5 after completion

82.5%Completion rate

38.3%Admission rate

1,113Student size

NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

89thEarnings percentile

84thCompletion percentile

EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$37,612Year 1

$75,301Year 4

$68,594Year 5

Separate federal cohorts may underlie different measurement years.

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PROGRAM OUTCOMES

No field-level outcomes are currently reportable.

This college remains in the national directory because it appears in the College Scorecard. Program outcomes may be unavailable, privacy-suppressed or outside the reported cohorts.

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.