After Chipola College: graduation, pay and debt

Marianna, Florida · Public · 1,312 undergrads

61% of Chipola College students finish within six years and the typical student earns $42,998 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$43k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

61%

finish within six years.

46%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023

61%

Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017

55%

Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017

66%

Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017

364

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

55%

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

26%

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

407

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release

20%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$36,953

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23

$42,998

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

46%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25

46%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release

46%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release

51%

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

Where these numbers come from