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After Belmont College: graduation, pay and debt

St Clairsville, Ohio · Public · 833 undergrads

The typical student earns $35,329 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $8,747 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$35.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$8,747
median federal debt at graduation.
32%
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
37%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
40%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
16%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
204
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
7.4%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,145
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,419
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,329
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
45%

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
$8,747
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,322
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,353
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$4,938
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
32%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
33%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
44%

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