After Columbia College: graduation, pay and debt

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The typical student earns $22,160 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $7,940 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$22.2k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$7,940

median federal debt at graduation.

75%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

64%

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

74%

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

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$23,950

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$26,186

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$22,160

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

$7,940

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

$6,035

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

75%

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

Where these numbers come from