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After Bakersfield College: graduation, pay and debt

Bakersfield, California · Public · 17,280 undergrads

23% of Bakersfield College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $41,011 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,914 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$41k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
23%
finish within six years.
$9,914
median federal debt at graduation.
28%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
23%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
22%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
23%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
1,962
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
37%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
15%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
2,365
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
8.5%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,324
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$41,011
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
43%

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
$9,914
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$9,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$9,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
28%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
28%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
38%

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