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After Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts-Austin: graduation, pay and debt

Austin, Texas · For-profit · 372 undergrads

The typical student earns $36,330 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $16,000 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$36.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$16k
median federal debt at graduation.
42%
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
56%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
66%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
7%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
297
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
3.2%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$28,810
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,113
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$36,330

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
$16,000
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$12,000
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$12,000
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$12,000
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
42%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
39%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
56%

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