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After Boston Architectural College: graduation, pay and debt

Boston, Massachusetts · Private · 280 undergrads

37% of Boston Architectural College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $72,049 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $36,127 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$72k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
37%
finish within six years.
5.3%
finish in four years.
75%
of first-years come back for year two.
$36.1k
median federal debt at graduation.
47%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsCollege Scorecard, 2017 entry
5.3%
Finished within six yearsCollege Scorecard, 2019 entry
37%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
75%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
53%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
12%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
34
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
15%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$60,264
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$72,049
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
69%

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
$36,127
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$24,750
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$28,250
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$10,798
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
47%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
55%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
63%

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