After Capital Area Career Center: graduation, pay and debt

Springfield, Illinois · Public · 115 undergrads

The typical student earns $55,357 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$55.4k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$9,500

median federal debt at graduation.

48%

of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.

All the federal numbers

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$50,684

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$51,080

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$55,357

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard

77%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$9,500

Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard

$9,500

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$9,500

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$6,165

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

48%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

48%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

48%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from