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After Cortiva Institute: graduation, pay and debt

St. Petersburg, Florida · For-profit · 138 undergrads

The typical student earns $29,204 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $7,521 in federal loans at the median.

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$29.2k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$7,521
median federal debt at graduation.
40%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
76%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$27,841
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$22,772
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$29,204
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
49%

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
$7,521
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$7,485
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$7,516
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$7,318
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
40%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
50%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
49%

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

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers