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After ASU: graduation, pay and debt

Tempe, Arizona · Public · 64,674 undergrads

68% of ASU students finish within six years, the typical student earns $69,111 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $19,151 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$69.1k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
68%
finish within six years.
55%
finish in four years.
87%
of first-years come back for year two.
$19.2k
median federal debt at graduation.
59%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
55%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
68%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
87%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
65%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
70%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
11,163
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
21%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
11,818
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
18%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$56,685
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$69,111
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
73%

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, 2024-25
$19,151
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$13,610
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$14,713
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$12,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
59%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
63%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
68%

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

Where these numbers come from

Updated Nov 5, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers