Graduate School ROI Calculator

Graduate School ROI Calculator helps Plan education costs, contributions, and long-term study-related scenarios.

Tuition per semester

manwon

Scholarship rate

Current annual salary

manwon

Expected post-degree salary

manwon

Net tuition: 1,820 manwon (₩18,200,000)
Opportunity cost: 9,744 manwon (₩97,440,000)

Total investment

14,444 manwon (₩144,440,000)

ROI

259%

Break-even

11.4 years

NPV

13,361 manwon (₩133,610,000)

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Graduate school ROI calculator guide

This English page translates the Korean graduate-school ROI calculator and calls calculateGradSchoolRoi. It preserves program type, study mode, location, scholarship, living cost, opportunity cost, salary growth, NPV, IRR, and break-even logic.

Investment cost

The cost model separates tuition, scholarship reduction, net tuition, opportunity cost, living cost, and total investment. Full-time, part-time, evening, and online study modes can change tuition factors and forgone-income assumptions.

Tuition is entered per semester in manwon and multiplied by semesters. Living cost is monthly in manwon and is applied over the study years, while opportunity cost reflects salary that may be forgone during school.

Lifetime projection

The Korean function builds yearly projections from the current age to retirement age. Study years carry costs and reduced earnings, while post-graduation years compare salary with degree against salary without degree.

ROI is calculated from total lifetime gain over total investment. NPV discounts annual benefit by the selected discount rate, and IRR is derived from the yearly cash-flow sequence when positive and negative flows both exist.

Decision use

The result includes break-even years, NPV, IRR, total lifetime gain, intangible score, intangible grade, recommendation, and summary. A positive ROI can still be unattractive if break-even is too late or cash flow during study is unrealistic.

Actual outcomes depend on school reputation, field, visa or licensing rules, employer premium, scholarship conditions, and personal career path. Treat this as a Korean-source financial model, not as a guarantee of salary increase.