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After Arizona State University Digital Immersion: graduation, pay and debt

Scottsdale, Arizona · Public · 49,310 undergrads

The typical student earns $62,668 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $19,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$62.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$19.5k
median federal debt at graduation.
58%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsCollege Scorecard
27%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
29%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
33%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
303

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$52,843
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$58,779
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$62,668
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
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
$19,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$13,610
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$14,713
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$12,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
58%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
63%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
68%

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

Where these numbers come from
  • Admit rate and applicants: IPEDS, fall 2023 (checked May 7, 2026)

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers