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After Aspen University: graduation, pay and debt

Phoenix, Arizona · For-profit · 2,398 undergrads

Graduates leave with $15,756 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$15.8k
median federal debt at graduation.
42%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$29,448
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$45,002

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
$15,756
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$7,802
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,158
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,524
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
42%

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

Where these numbers come from

Federal college data (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

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