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Class Price Calculator v6.14
Focused on the recommended price answer. Switch to Advanced for risk buffer adjustments, tiered pricing, sustainability tables, the reverse calculator, and class history. Full toolkit visible. Switch to Simple for a streamlined recommended-price answer.

Class Information

Enrollment & Overhead

Direct Costs

Instructor
Materials
e.g., live model fees, specialty supplies

Risk Buffers

Buffer Preset
Typical: 20–40%
Typical: 10–20%, or 0% for pass-through
Typical: 15–30%
Use 0% for pass-through costs
Usually 0% — standard overhead applied separately

Target Gross Margin

Gross Margin Model: Price is set so that % of revenue is profit. Formula: Total Costs ÷ (1 − Margin).
Typical range: 10–30%

Tiered Pricing

When enabled, calculates Supported / Standard / Supporter price tiers for accessibility and mission support.

3 or 4 tiers. Always includes Standard and Supporter; additional tiers add discount levels.

Edit the labels shown in the tool and in generated pricing copy. Reverts to defaults when tier count changes.

Premium above standard price
Break-even Floor

Break-even cost per student at minimum enrollment. Supported price below this value means the class requires subsidy at low enrollment.

Defaults based on Panera Cares (2010-2019), Magnatune (Regner & Barria 2009, n=1452), and ProfitWell 3-tier benchmarks. Adjust to match your community's actual data.

No published research yet for 4-tier pay-what-you-can splits. Enter percentages that reflect your community's actual or expected distribution.

CSV (combined)
CSV (separate)

Decision Thresholds

Break-even
Target margin ()
Your plan

Students needed at different price points for break-even and your margin target

Max capacity: students @
Price per student

Your minimum is manually set to .

Enrollment Scenarios

No scenarios yet Click "Calculate Scenarios" in the header to generate enrollment projections
Enrollment scenarios showing revenue, costs, profit, and margin at each enrollment level from to students
Students Price / Student Revenue Total Costs Profit Margin Rating
Supported-Seat Sustainability

Conservative estimate assuming remaining seats pay Standard price (no Supporter premium). Worst-case: discounted seats are priced at the deepest scholarship tier.

Maximum supported-price seats absorbable at each enrollment level
Enrollment % of Class % of Class
Target Price Analysis
Reverse scenarios showing profitability at target price across different enrollment levels
Students Revenue Total Costs Profit Margin Markup Needed Rating
Sustainability at Target Price

Conservative estimate assuming remaining seats pay target price (no Supporter premium). Worst-case: discounted seats are priced at the deepest scholarship tier.

Maximum supported-price seats absorbable at each enrollment level for target price
Enrollment % of Class % of Class
Predicted Tier Distribution

Blended revenue projection based on predicted tier split ().

Predicted tier distribution and blended revenue at each enrollment level
Enrollment Blended Revenue Costs Profit Margin vs All-Std

Sources: Panera Cares (2010-2019), Magnatune (Regner & Barria 2009, n=1452), ProfitWell 3-tier benchmarks, Woolly Mammoth Theatre (2022). Actual results will vary by community context.

Class History

Your Data (across completed classes, students)
Supported
Standard
Supporter

Research default is 25/65/10. Your actual data tells a different story.

Switch to 3 tiers to apply these aggregate defaults — they're computed from 3-tier history.

Awaiting Actuals
Completed

History is stored in your browser. Export your data periodically to keep a backup.

Enter Actuals:
0 if not offered yet
Off-coupon aid (sliding-scale, direct staff arrangements, comped seats) that doesn't appear in the supported count above. Counts toward your annual scholarship-impact report.
Tier sum: / enrolled
Scholarship aid disbursed
Students supported
Classes completed
Total enrolled across all tiers: Total revenue in range:
No completed classes in this date range. Widen the range or save actuals on planned classes to see them here.
Per-class detail of scholarship aid for the selected date range
Class Term Completed Enrolled Supported $ Auto $ Manual $ Total