After ATA College: graduation, pay and debt

El Cajon, California · For-profit · 106 undergrads

The typical student earns $35,017 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $5,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$35k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$5,500

median federal debt at graduation.

37%

of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

87%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$35,311

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$37,652

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$35,017

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$5,500

Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard

$5,500

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

37%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

42%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

38%

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

Where these numbers come from