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After Academy College: graduation, pay and debt

Bloomington, Minnesota · For-profit · 56 undergrads

71% of Academy College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $55,715 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $29,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$55.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
71%
finish within six years.
$29.5k
median federal debt at graduation.
41%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsCollege Scorecard, 2019 entry
71%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
67%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
0%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
33

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$59,468
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$55,715
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
61%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$29,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$16,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$19,311
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$12,631
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
41%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
36%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
48%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers