After Compton College: graduation, pay and debt

Compton, California · Public · 4,765 undergrads

The typical student earns $34,181 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $6,463 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$34.2k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$6,463

median federal debt at graduation.

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

17%

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

29%

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

23%

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

590

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$28,922

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,747

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$34,181

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

$6,463

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

$6,463

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

Where these numbers come from