Institutional Discount: An institution-funded scholarship or tuition discount that reduces the amount the student pays and reduces tuition revenue retained by the institution.
Compensated Scholarship: A scholarship, grant, military benefit, employer tuition assistance payment, or other third-party funding paid to the institution on behalf of the student. It reduces the student's out-of-pocket cost while preserving institutional tuition revenue.
Credit for Prior Learning (CPL): Credits awarded for validated prior learning. CPL reduces the number of credits the student must complete and may shorten time to completion.
Compensated scholarship is included in every scenario and held constant so the calculator compares only the impact of institutional discount and CPL. The funding stack shows how tuition is covered by student payment, compensated scholarship, and institutional discount. Compensated scholarship and student payment are both revenue sources. Institutional discount is the portion of tuition the institution does not collect.
Institutional Net Revenue = Student Payments + Compensated Scholarships + Fees Collected − Acquisition Cost
