After CUNY Brooklyn College – Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema: graduation, pay and debt
The typical student earns $60,752 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $11,000 in federal loans at the median.
The short answers
$60.8k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$11k
median federal debt at graduation.
55%
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
$45,035
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$54,349
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$60,752
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
60%
Debt and paying it back
Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$11,000
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$9,218
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$10,866
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
55%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
57%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
61%
Where these numbers come from
Federal college data (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Updated May 7, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers