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After Coalinga College: graduation, pay and debt

Coalinga, California · Public · 3,592 undergrads

The typical student earns $37,633 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $6,750 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$37.6k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$6,750
median federal debt at graduation.
35%
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
34%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
46%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
13%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
345
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
6.8%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,449
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,699
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,633
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.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$6,750
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
35%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
35%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
39%

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