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After Arlington Career Institute: graduation, pay and debt

Arlington, Texas · For-profit · 439 undergrads

The typical student earns $36,674 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $8,347 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$36.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$8,347
median federal debt at graduation.
33%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
76%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,235
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$36,288
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$36,674
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
44%

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
$8,347
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$8,015
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,015
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,914
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
33%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
33%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
39%

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

Where these numbers come from

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