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After Bellevue College: graduation, pay and debt

Bellevue, Washington · Public · 7,364 undergrads

34% of Bellevue College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $63,508 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $10,756 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$63.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
34%
finish within six years.
$10.8k
median federal debt at graduation.
51%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
34%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
28%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
39%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
812
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
43%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
27%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
1,174
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
25%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$54,654
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$63,508
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
64%

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
$10,756
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$8,282
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$9,028
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$7,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
51%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
58%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
69%

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