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After Associated Technical College-San Diego: graduation, pay and debt

San Diego, California · For-profit · 77 undergrads

The typical student earns $26,688 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$26.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$9,500
median federal debt at graduation.
20%
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
$22,561
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$19,916
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$26,688
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
28%

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
$9,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$9,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
20%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
11%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
21%

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