Private nonprofit · COLLEGE PAYOFF

Unity Environmental University

New Gloucester, ME · 4 reportable field-and-credential outcomes

MODELED SCENARIO · Negative payoff

−$269,466 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
−105%Modeled 10-year ROI
$43,695Observed 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
−$269,466at year 10
Net gainInvestment not yet recovered
NET GAIN$0UNRECOVERED
−$256,4160
2
4
6
8
−$269,46610
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$12,640
Sticker price
Published out-of-state tuition$12,640
Sticker price
Average net price$19,104
Title IV student average
Cost of attendance$21,931
Tuition + living budget
PRICE SOURCECollege reported · annual amount · federal dataset
OBSERVED FEDERAL MEASURES

Cost, completion and earnings context

$19,104Average net price / year
$21,931Cost of attendance
$43,695Median earnings · year 5 after completion
28.7%Completion rate
Not availableAdmission rate
6,483Student size
NATIONAL CONTEXT

How this college compares

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

46thEarnings percentile
10thCompletion percentile
EARNINGS PATH

Reported earnings over time

$34,184Year 1
$45,016Year 4
$43,695Year 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.

1Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy · Bachelor's Degree$53,9342Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology · Bachelor's Degree$44,6523Zoology/Animal Biology · Bachelor's Degree$39,3024Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management · Bachelor's Degree$39,017

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

BUILD A REAL SHORTLIST

Comparable colleges in ME

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.

Waterville, ME

Thomas College

Annual net price
$18,885
Observed earnings · year 5
$53,158
Modeled 10-year ROI
-68%
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Bangor, ME

Husson University

Annual net price
$21,005
Observed earnings · year 5
$54,368
Modeled 10-year ROI
-65%
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Bar Harbor, ME

College of the Atlantic

Annual net price
$25,184
Observed earnings · year 5
$36,037
Modeled 10-year ROI
-132%
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Arundel, ME

The Landing School

Annual net price
$35,532
Observed earnings · year 5
$44,027
Modeled 10-year ROI
-103%
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ALL REPORTABLE PROGRAM CATEGORIES

Explore exact field-and-credential outcomes

Federal fieldCredentialEarnings, year 4Federal debt
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and PolicyBachelor's Degree$53,934$27,000
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population BiologyBachelor's Degree$44,652Not available
Zoology/Animal BiologyBachelor's Degree$39,302$27,250
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and ManagementBachelor's Degree$39,017$27,000

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.