After CET-Salinas: graduation, pay and debt

Salinas, California · Private · 187 undergrads

The typical student earns $32,986 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $7,041 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$33k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$7,041

median federal debt at graduation.

31%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

64%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$33,264

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,555

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,986

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

35%

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

$7,041

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

$6,729

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$6,729

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$5,500

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

31%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

29%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

28%

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

Where these numbers come from