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After Buckeye Hills Career Center: graduation, pay and debt

Rio Grande, Ohio · Public · 163 undergrads

The typical student earns $40,264 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $8,250 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$40.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$8,250
median federal debt at graduation.
50%
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
81%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,498
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$38,109
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$40,264
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
54%

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
$8,250
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,168
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,640
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
50%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
43%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
47%

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