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After Claremont McKenna College: graduation, pay and debt

Claremont, California · Private · 1,388 undergrads

95% of Claremont McKenna College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $127,532 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $13,450 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$127.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
95%
finish within six years.
82%
finish in four years.
98%
of first-years come back for year two.
$13.4k
median federal debt at graduation.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
82%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
95%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
98%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
94%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
97%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
352
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
93%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
5%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
343

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$102,057
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$127,532
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
80%

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, 2024-25
$13,450
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$11,948
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$10,281
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$12,000

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

Where these numbers come from
  • Admit rate and applicants: Common Data Set, fall 2025 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
  • Test scores: IPEDS, fall 2024 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
  • GPA, early rounds and wait list: Common Data Set, fall 2025 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
  • Cost, pay and debt: College Scorecard, 2024-25 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
  • Deadlines: cmc.edu, 2026-27 (checked Nov 5, 2026)
  • Test rule: cmc.edu, fall 2027 (checked Nov 2, 2026)

Updated Nov 5, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers