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After Chattanooga College Medical Dental and & Technical Careers: graduation, pay and debt

Chattanooga, Tennessee · For-profit · 311 undergrads

The typical student earns $25,954 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $7,891 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$26k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$7,891
median federal debt at graduation.
19%
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
93%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
88%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
3%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
111

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$28,876
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$27,429
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$25,954
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
29%

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
$7,891
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,457
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,481
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,220
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
19%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
20%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
27%

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