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After Clark State College: graduation, pay and debt

Springfield, Ohio · Public · 3,456 undergrads

25% of Clark State College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $41,670 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $16,250 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$41.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
25%
finish within six years.
100%
of first-years come back for year two.
$16.3k
median federal debt at graduation.
25%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
25%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
100%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
29%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
21%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
215
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
31%
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
320
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
40%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$39,517
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$41,670
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
49%

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
$16,250
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$6,899
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$7,307
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
25%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
29%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
41%

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

Where these numbers come from

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers