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After ATA Career Education: graduation, pay and debt

Spring Hill, Florida · For-profit · 201 undergrads

73% of ATA Career Education students finish within six years, the typical student earns $36,434 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $23,861 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$36.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
73%
finish within six years.
100%
of first-years come back for year two.
$23.9k
median federal debt at graduation.
27%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsCollege Scorecard, 2019 entry
73%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard
100%
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
7.4%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,935
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$36,434
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
48%

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
$23,861
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$15,834
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$15,834
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$13,716
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
27%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
28%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
36%

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

Where these numbers come from

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers