After Center for Advanced Legal Studies: graduation, pay and debt
Houston, Texas · For-profit · 271 undergrads
57% of Center for Advanced Legal Studies students finish within six years, the typical student earns $57,974 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,500 in federal loans at the median.
The short answers
$58k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
57%
finish within six years.
$9,500
median federal debt at graduation.
46%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers
Finishing
Finished within six yearsCollege Scorecard, 2019 entry
57%
Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard, earlier release
55%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
65%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
18%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
34
Pay after college
Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$47,032
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$57,974
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
75%
Debt and paying it back
Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
$9,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$9,395
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$8,113
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$9,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
46%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
51%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
53%
Where these numbers come from
- Cost, pay and debt: College Scorecard, 2024-25 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers