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After Colorado Technical University-Denver South: graduation, pay and debt

The typical student earns $37,180 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $29,832 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$37.2k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$29.8k
median federal debt at graduation.
29%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$30,406
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,998
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,180
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
55%

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
$29,832
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$12,166
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$12,051
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$13,000
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
29%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
32%
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

Federal college data (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Updated May 7, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers