After Chester Career College: graduation, pay and debt

CHESTER, Virginia · For-profit · 147 undergrads

The typical student earns $32,650 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $19,879 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$32.6k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$19.9k

median federal debt at graduation.

24%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

52%

Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

54%

Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

34%

Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$27,575

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$31,049

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,650

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

44%

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

$19,879

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

$16,000

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

24%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

25%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

24%

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

Where these numbers come from