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Southern State Community College

Hillsboro, OH · 6 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$234,276 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.

Modeled economic break-even
−107%Modeled 10-year ROI
$43,442Observed 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
−$234,276at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$218,6960
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4
6
8
−$234,27610
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$5,912
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$10,818
Sticker price
Average net price$9,674
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$15,244
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$9,674Average net price / year
$15,244Cost of attendance
$43,442Median earnings · year 5 after completion
37.0%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
761Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

45thEarnings percentile
20thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$40,283Year 1
$48,360Year 4
$43,442Year 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.

1Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants · Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$77,2492Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Associate's Degree$73,1483Business Administration, Management and Operations · Associate's Degree$48,8154Social Work · Associate's Degree$41,1615Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions · Associate's Degree$40,3006Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities · Associate's Degree$37,776

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

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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsUndergraduate Certificate or Diploma$77,249$16,364
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate's Degree$73,148$18,490
Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate's Degree$48,815Not available
Social WorkAssociate's Degree$41,161Not available
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate's Degree$40,300Not available
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate's Degree$37,776$10,993

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.