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After Columbia Basin College: graduation, pay and debt

Pasco, Washington · Public · 4,640 undergrads

28% of Columbia Basin College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $51,967 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $11,625 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$52k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
28%
finish within six years.
$11.6k
median federal debt at graduation.
52%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
28%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
25%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
30%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
933
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
36%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
20%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
1,318
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
11%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$44,743
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$51,967
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
54%

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
$11,625
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$7,506
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$8,126
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$6,000
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
52%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
54%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
63%

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