After Culinary Institute Inc: graduation, pay and debt

Houston, Texas · For-profit · 334 undergrads

The typical student earns $32,195 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $16,004 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$32.2k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$16k

median federal debt at graduation.

32%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

56%

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

46%

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

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$24,831

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$27,645

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,195

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard

60%

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

$16,004

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

$12,167

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$12,667

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$8,447

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

32%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

44%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

56%

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

Where these numbers come from