{"id":1069,"date":"2022-11-29T16:26:43","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T16:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/impact\/?page_id=1069"},"modified":"2025-02-04T18:07:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T18:07:38","slug":"tarletons-return-on-investment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/impact\/tarletons-return-on-investment\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton&#8217;s Return on Investment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><strong>Tarleton State&#8217;s Return on Investment<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:17px\">The analysis presented here considers Tarleton State as an investment from the perspectives of students, taxpayers and society in Texas. In return for their investment, Tarleton State\u2019s students receive a stream of higher future earnings that will continue to grow throughout their working lives. The analysis presented here considers Tarleton State as an investment from the perspectives of students, taxpayers and society in Texas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 900px; height: 400px; margin: auto;\">\n    <canvas id=\"earningsChart\"><\/canvas>\n<\/div>\n\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.jsdelivr.net\/npm\/chart.js\"><\/script>\n<script>\n    document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function () {\n        const ctx = document.getElementById('earningsChart').getContext('2d');\n\n        \/\/ Earnings data\n        const earningsData = [40800, 51000, 75900, 86000, 112900];\n\n        \/\/ Function to format numbers as readable currency\n        function formatCurrency(value) {\n            return `$${value.toLocaleString()}`; \/\/ Adds commas for thousands\n        }\n\n        new Chart(ctx, {\n            type: 'bar',\n            data: {\n                labels: ['High School', 'Associate', 'Bachelor\\'s', 'Master\\'s', 'Doctorate'], \/\/ Educational levels\n                datasets: [{\n                    label: 'Expected Average Annual Earnings',\n                    data: earningsData,\n                    backgroundColor: '#4f2d7f'\n                }]\n            },\n            options: {\n                indexAxis: 'y', \/\/ Horizontal bar chart\n                responsive: true,\n                maintainAspectRatio: false,\n                scales: {\n                    x: {\n                        beginAtZero: true,\n                        ticks: {\n                            color: 'black',\n                            font: {\n                                size: 14\n                            },\n                            callback: function(value) {\n                                return `$${value.toLocaleString()}`; \/\/ Adds dollar sign and comma formatting\n                            }\n                        }\n                    },\n                    y: {\n                        ticks: {\n                            color: 'black',\n                            font: {\n                                size: 14\n                            }\n                        }\n                    }\n                },\n                plugins: {\n                    legend: {\n                        labels: {\n                            color: 'black',\n                            font: {\n                                size: 14\n                            }\n                        }\n                    },\n                    tooltip: {\n                        callbacks: {\n                            label: function(tooltipItem) {\n                                return formatCurrency(tooltipItem.raw); \/\/ Displays full dollar amount with commas\n                            }\n                        }\n                    }\n                }\n            }\n        });\n    });\n<\/script>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tarleton State&#8217;s Return on Investment The analysis presented here considers Tarleton State as an investment from the perspectives of students, taxpayers and society in Texas. 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