After Culinary Institute of America San Antonio: graduation, pay and debt
The typical student earns $47,475 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $15,750 in federal loans at the median.
The short answers
$47.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$15.8k
median federal debt at graduation.
75%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers
Pay after college
Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,846
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$43,549
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$47,475
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
70%
Debt and paying it back
Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$15,750
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$12,000
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$12,000
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$10,497
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
75%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
77%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
80%
Where these numbers come from
Federal college data (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Updated May 7, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers