Stark State College

North Canton, OH 5,749 Undergrads 29.0% Grad Rate

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Total Cost

$10,755

Sticker Price

Avg Net Price

$5,986

After Aid

Median Earnings

$49,440

4yr Post-Grad

Vs. Peer Institutions

Net Price$5,986

Peer Midpoint: $17,333.5

Earnings (4yr Post-Grad)$49,440

Peer Midpoint: $34,461

Graduation Rate29.0%

Peer Midpoint: 68.7%

Socio-Economic Diversity

Pell Grant Recipients51.2%

Enrollment Status

Full-Time33.2%

Economic Outcomes

Earn More than HS52.2%

Admissions Profile

Acceptance

100.0%

SAT Avg

SAT Reading

25th: --75th: -

SAT Math

25th: --75th: -

ACT Composite

25th: --75th: -

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)

Institution Lifetime NPV

Vs Median Peer

Vs HS Grad

Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0

+$571k

+$179k

+$86k

Median Cost$6k/yr

+$565k

+$173k

+$81k

Full Cost$11k/yr

+$561k

+$169k

+$76k

ROI Efficiency Metrics

Break-Even Age

Return on Inv. %

Zero Cost (Scholarship)$0

∞

Median Cost$6k/yr

1452%

Full Cost$11k/yr

764%

Analysis Assumptions:

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.

Donor Return1584%

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.

Taxpayer Return322%

Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator with your specific estimates of cost and salary.

Program ROI Analysis

Certificates

Accounting and Related Services

CertCIP: 5203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $44,589

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

CertCIP: 5109

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $57,584

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

American Sign Language

CertCIP: 1616

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,771

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

CertCIP: 5204

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $32,681

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

CertCIP: 5110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $38,675

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer Programming

CertCIP: 1102

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $56,556

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer Software and Media Applications

CertCIP: 1108

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $41,400

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

CertCIP: 1110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $52,615

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Criminal Justice and Corrections

CertCIP: 4301

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $57,702

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Data Processing

CertCIP: 1103

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $46,061

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

CertCIP: 5106

Median Debt

$6,378

Earnings (4yr)

$43,568

Natl Median: $33,673

Lifetime Value Added

+$17k

Design and Applied Arts

CertCIP: 5004

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $36,116

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services

CertCIP: 5131

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $46,391

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1513

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $53,359

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1504

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $65,202

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations

CertCIP: 5207

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $50,211

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1505

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $45,268

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Finance and Financial Management Services

CertCIP: 5208

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $53,418

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Gerontology

CertCIP: 3011

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $48,636

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Ground Transportation

CertCIP: 4902

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $52,118

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Health and Medical Administrative Services

CertCIP: 5107

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$39,571

Natl Median: $35,447

Lifetime Value Added

-$26k

Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1506

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$53,787

Natl Median: $57,294

Lifetime Value Added

+$127k

Legal Support Services

CertCIP: 2203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $49,747

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1508

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $54,024

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions

CertCIP: 5115

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $43,365

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Mining and Petroleum Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 1509

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $72,032

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions

CertCIP: 5118

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $38,061

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants

CertCIP: 5139

Median Debt

$8,857

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $56,073

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

CertCIP: 5135

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $29,652

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Taxation

CertCIP: 5216

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $55,936

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods

CertCIP: 1312

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $34,631

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians

CertCIP: 4706

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$50,226

Natl Median: $51,586

Lifetime Value Added

+$89k

Associate's Degrees

Accounting and Related Services

AssocCIP: 5203

Median Debt

$14,325

Earnings (4yr)

$50,158

Natl Median: $47,660

Lifetime Value Added

+$39k

Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

AssocCIP: 5108

Median Debt

$18,748

Earnings (4yr)

$34,844

Natl Median: $42,269

Lifetime Value Added

-$115k

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions

AssocCIP: 5109

Median Debt

$16,750

Earnings (4yr)

$67,044

Natl Median: $65,389

Lifetime Value Added

+$198k

Biology, General

AssocCIP: 2601

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $44,758

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Biology/Biotechnology Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 4101

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $51,168

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Business Administration, Management and Operations

AssocCIP: 5202

Median Debt

$13,857

Earnings (4yr)

$51,648

Natl Median: $48,733

Lifetime Value Added

+$53k

Business Operations Support and Assistant Services

AssocCIP: 5204

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$35,358

Natl Median: $37,587

Lifetime Value Added

-$117k

Business/Commerce, General

AssocCIP: 5201

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $49,927

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Chemistry

AssocCIP: 4005

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $51,597

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1502

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $64,519

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$58,192

Natl Median: $57,472

Lifetime Value Added

+$116k

Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1512

Median Debt

$12,000

Earnings (4yr)

$44,203

Natl Median: $55,195

Lifetime Value Added

-$20k

Computer Programming

AssocCIP: 1102

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $58,070

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Computer Software and Media Applications

AssocCIP: 1108

Median Debt

$6,699

Earnings (4yr)

$34,518

Natl Median: $41,737

Lifetime Value Added

-$118k

Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

AssocCIP: 1109

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$52,850

Natl Median: $54,971

Lifetime Value Added

+$65k

Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

AssocCIP: 1110

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $54,726

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Criminal Justice and Corrections

AssocCIP: 4301

Median Debt

$13,982

Earnings (4yr)

$43,706

Natl Median: $46,706

Lifetime Value Added

-$25k

Culinary Arts and Related Services

AssocCIP: 1205

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$36,018

Natl Median: $39,605

Lifetime Value Added

-$103k

Dental Support Services and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5106

Median Debt

$16,125

Earnings (4yr)

$57,527

Natl Median: $61,982

Lifetime Value Added

+$110k

Design and Applied Arts

AssocCIP: 5004

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $38,127

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services

AssocCIP: 5131

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $44,303

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1513

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $55,895

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Education, General

AssocCIP: 1301

Median Debt

$12,206

Earnings (4yr)

$31,527

Natl Median: $41,787

Lifetime Value Added

-$149k

Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1503

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$128,590

Natl Median: $67,792

Lifetime Value Added

+$748k

Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1504

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $73,046

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1511

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $66,570

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

English Language and Literature, General

AssocCIP: 2301

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $36,134

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations

AssocCIP: 5207

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,095

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1505

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$57,085

Natl Median: $55,148

Lifetime Value Added

+$95k

Fire Protection

AssocCIP: 4302

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $73,589

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Geography and Cartography

AssocCIP: 4507

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $53,052

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Gerontology

AssocCIP: 3011

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,252

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Health and Medical Administrative Services

AssocCIP: 5107

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$46,153

Natl Median: $37,073

Lifetime Value Added

-$10k

Health/Medical Preparatory Programs

AssocCIP: 5111

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $51,711

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1506

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $73,593

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Legal Support Services

AssocCIP: 2203

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $44,669

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

AssocCIP: 2401

Median Debt

$12,255

Earnings (4yr)

$45,189

Natl Median: $44,125

Lifetime Value Added

-$11k

Mathematics

AssocCIP: 2701

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $59,929

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1508

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$39,983

Natl Median: $64,773

Lifetime Value Added

-$63k

Mechanical Engineering

AssocCIP: 1419

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$61,244

Natl Median: $72,444

Lifetime Value Added

+$145k

Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5115

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,734

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Mining and Petroleum Technologies/Technicians

AssocCIP: 1509

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $77,878

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Music

AssocCIP: 5009

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $34,056

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Ophthalmic and Optometric Support Services and Allied Professions

AssocCIP: 5118

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $48,724

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Physics

AssocCIP: 4008

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $63,321

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Political Science and Government

AssocCIP: 4510

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $45,147

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Psychology, General

AssocCIP: 4201

Median Debt

Earnings (5yr)

$41,077

Natl Median: $39,288

Lifetime Value Added

-$60k

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

AssocCIP: 5138

Median Debt

$15,510

Earnings (4yr)

$73,232

Natl Median: $80,813

Lifetime Value Added

+$254k

Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies

AssocCIP: 2313

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $38,641

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Security Science and Technology

AssocCIP: 4304

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $43,839

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Social Work

AssocCIP: 4407

Median Debt

$23,431

Earnings (4yr)

$35,009

Natl Median: $39,409

Lifetime Value Added

-$113k

Sociology

AssocCIP: 4511

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $44,144

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services

AssocCIP: 5135

Median Debt

Earnings (2yr)

$19,455

Natl Median: $29,755

Lifetime Value Added

-$266k

Special Education and Teaching

AssocCIP: 1310

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $37,614

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing Operations

AssocCIP: 5219

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $53,002

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness

AssocCIP: 3105

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

Natl Median: $40,162

Lifetime Value Added

N/A

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods

AssocCIP: 1312

Median Debt

Earnings (4yr)

$36,493

Natl Median: $37,656

Lifetime Value Added

-$98k

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.