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After High School Graduation: Attend a Junior College and Then Transfer? Immediately Attend a Four-Year Institution? Which Is More Financially Advantageous?. Personal Investment option: CPP vs. RCC. Presented by: Paul DiMola Eckart Lyew Shawn Ricordati
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After High School Graduation: Attend a Junior College and Then Transfer? Immediately Attend a Four-Year Institution? Which Is More Financially Advantageous? Personal Investment option: CPPvs. RCC Presented by: Paul DiMola Eckart Lyew Shawn Ricordati Mike Santa Ana
Assumptions • California Polytechnic University, Pomona • Five years to graduate as an engineer • Loan to pay off all expenses @ $15,000 • 6.62% interest rate on a federal unsubsidized college loan, with a 10 year payback period • No commuting involved. • Riverside Community College • Full-time student with 12 units/semester, year-round • Part-time job – 20 hrs/wk @ $8/hr • Commuting distances are equal (Home is equidistant between work, RCC, and CPP) • Goal is to obtain a General Education Certificate.
CPP Specifics • Total Expenses per year = $74,245.40 (PWC) • Includes: • Annual school fees ($5,559.08) • Annual living & nutrition ($9,290) • Loan will cover all expenses with a leftover total annual savings of $754.60 • Loan payback required within 10 years of graduation • Loan payable for $15,000/yr
RCC Specifics • 3 years of GE fulfillment to transfer • Living costs are negligible • Costs: • Fees ($821) • Commuting ($1040) [$20/wk] • Total expenses/yr = $1,861 • Income/yr = $8,320 • Total savings before transfer = $19,377 ; will be use to cover ~2 years of loan payback • CPP loan to begin upon first year of transfer ($10,000) • Total expenses per year including transfer = $19,797.24 (PWC)
Initial Conditions • For all sensitivity analysis… • Portion of income will be set aside for savings @ 20% per pay period, before any loan payback/yr or expense payments • Both scenarios require loan payback within 10 years • Annual pay raise of 4% • Starting salary of $50,000 • Inflation Rate set at 3%
Cash Flows • Loans cover all school and living expenses while at CPP • Working while at RCC helps to cover school expenses • Loan continues to cover school expenses once at CPP
Sensitivity Analysis: • Used for analysis
Sensitivity Analysis Continue: • RCC was favored in all sensitivity analysis: • Inflation Rate • Starting Salary • Repayment Period • Pay Raise Percent Breakeven Analysis using Pay Raise Percent Variation
CPP vs RCC: Savings Comparison The Best Savings
Final Thoughts:CPP vs RCC: Savings Comparison • 25 Year Projection