10-YEAR PAYOFF CURVECumulative economic payoff after graduation
+$21,834at year 10Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
⌖ Utica, NY · 24 reportable field-and-credential outcomes
MODELED SCENARIO · Positive payoff
+$21,834 over 10 years
Modeled from observed year-5 institution earnings and the institution-wide average net price over four years.
This is a positive modeled result. Price, time to finish and future earnings can still change the outcome.
9.2 yrsModeled economic break-even
+9%Modeled 10-year ROI
$70,849Observed earnings · year 5
ECONOMIC 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.
Cost, debt, completion and earnings context
$14,164Average net price / year
$23,741Cost of attendance
$17,250Median federal student debt · completer borrowers
$183/moPublished 10-year payment estimate
$70,849Median earnings · year 5 after completion
55.1%Completion rate
81.3%Admission rate
1,849Student 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
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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
$55,116Year 1
$73,730Year 4
$70,849Year 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 · Master's Degree$128,5252Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing · Bachelor's Degree$108,0143Accounting and Related Services · Master's Degree$92,5844Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree$87,7885Computer and Information Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree$85,1806Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other · Master's Degree$85,1557Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering · Bachelor's Degree$81,5748Information Science/Studies · Master's Degree$76,927Observed year-4 earnings · compare like fields and credentials before deciding
Comparable colleges in NY
Currently operating public institutions with the closest combination of annual net price and observed year-5 earnings. Similarity is descriptive—not a quality ranking.
Farmingdale, NY
Farmingdale State College
- Annual net price
- $10,867
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $66,973
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -2%
University at Buffalo
- Annual net price
- $20,995
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $68,437
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -11%
University at Albany
- Annual net price
- $17,167
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $64,597
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- -21%
CUNY Hunter College
- Annual net price
- $2,984
- Observed earnings · year 5
- $70,493
- Modeled 10-year ROI
- +33%
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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.