Austin Community College District
Vs. Peer Institutions
Admissions Profile
ROI Sensitivity Analysis
This analysis tests three cost scenarios (Scholarship, Average Net Price, Full Sticker Price) to show how college costs impact your long-term return compared to the average student and a high school graduate.
Lifetime Value Added (NPV)
ROI Efficiency Metrics
- Starting Salary: Estimated from the 4-year post-graduation median earnings (assuming 2% annual growth from graduation).
- Comparisons: "Vs Median Peer" compares to the median student nationwide in a similar level program. "Vs HS Grad" compares to a median high school graduate.
- Break-Even: The age at which the college investment net income exceeds the median high school graduate's lifetime earnings.
- NPV: Net Present Value of all future earnings minus costs and taxes, discounted at 7.8%.
Social Impact ROINew
Measures the societal return on a donor's investment. Calculated as the incremental pre-tax lifetime earnings vs. HS grad, divided by the tax-adjusted donation cost.
Gov. Pell Grant ROINew
Measures the government's return on Pell Grants via increased tax revenue. Calculated as the portion of incremental lifetime taxes (discounted at 5.4%) attributed to the Pell Grant investment.
Program ROI Analysis
Certificates
Accounting and Related Services
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
American Sign Language
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/Technicians
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
Carpenters
Computer and Information Sciences, General
Computer Programming
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Culinary Arts and Related Services
Design and Applied Arts
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians
Fire Protection
Geography and Cartography
Graphic Communications
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Hospitality Administration/Management
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
Legal Support Services
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
Marketing
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
Precision Metal Working
Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
Real Estate
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
Woodworking
Associate's Degrees
Accounting and Related Services
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
American Sign Language
Anthropology
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
Biology, General
Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/Technicians
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services
Business/Commerce, General
Carpenters
Chemistry
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
Computer and Information Sciences, General
Computer Programming
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Culinary Arts and Related Services
Dance
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
Design and Applied Arts
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Economics
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians
Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians
Engineering, General
English Language and Literature, General
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians
Fine and Studio Arts
Fire Protection
Geography and Cartography
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
Graphic Communications
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
History
Hospitality Administration/Management
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
Human Services, General
International Business
Journalism
Legal Support Services
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
Marketing
Mathematics
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
Music
Natural Resources Conservation and Research
Philosophy
Physical Sciences, General
Physics
Political Science and Government
Precision Metal Working
Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
Psychology, General
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication
Real Estate
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Social Work
Sociology
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians
Visual and Performing Arts, General
Other Programs
Accounting and Related Services
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
Biology, General
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Business/Commerce, General
Computer Programming
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
Precision Metal Working
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
Note: Lifetime Value Added is the Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate (for undergraduate programs) or a median bachelor's degree holder (for graduate programs), accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes. Computed over a career to retirement age.
For graduate programs (Master's, Doctoral, etc.), the calculation assumes a starting age of 22 (after undergraduate completion) and does not include the sunk costs of prior degrees. It represents the value added of the graduate degree decision moving forward. These Lifetime Value Added results for graduate degrees should not be compared with those for Undergraduate Certificates, Associates or Bachelors.