After College of the Desert: graduation, pay and debt

Palm Desert, California · Public · 10,764 undergrads

The typical student earns $39,020 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $5,261 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$39k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$5,261

median federal debt at graduation.

32%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

28%

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

40%

Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

1,139

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

4.3%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$31,085

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$34,631

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$39,020

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

48%

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

$5,261

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

$5,261

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

32%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

46%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

51%

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

Where these numbers come from