After City College Montana State University Billings: graduation, pay and debt
The typical student earns $44,296 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $18,209 in federal loans at the median.
The short answers
$44.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$18.2k
median federal debt at graduation.
59%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers
Pay after college
Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$39,531
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$43,272
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$44,296
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
60%
Debt and paying it back
Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$18,209
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$10,086
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$11,000
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$9,250
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
59%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
63%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
70%
Where these numbers come from
Federal college data (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Updated May 7, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers