After City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College: graduation, pay and debt

Chicago, Illinois · Public · 6,185 undergrads

The typical student earns $36,484 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $6,997 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$36.5k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$6,997

median federal debt at graduation.

29%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

26%

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

28%

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

544

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

23%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$30,439

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,628

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$36,484

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

40%

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

$6,997

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

$5,524

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$5,875

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$5,500

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

29%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

35%

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

Where these numbers come from