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After CET-Watsonville: graduation, pay and debt

Watsonville, California · Private · 149 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

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
69%

Pay after college

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.

Debt and paying it back

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

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers