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After City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College: graduation, pay and debt

Chicago, Illinois · Public · 2,780 undergrads

The typical student earns $28,467 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $6,180 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$28.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$6,180
median federal debt at graduation.
22%
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
24%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
32%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
23%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
533
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
15%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$22,119
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$23,557
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$28,467
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
34%

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
$6,180
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$4,994
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,000
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$4,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
22%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
29%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
43%

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