After Cuyamaca College: graduation, pay and debt

El Cajon, California · Public · 8,437 undergrads

The typical student earns $32,435 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $5,136 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$32.4k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$5,136

median federal debt at graduation.

43%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

32%

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

48%

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

10%

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

738

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

8.1%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$29,836

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$35,992

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,435

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

39%

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

$5,136

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

$5,136

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

43%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

34%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

36%

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

Where these numbers come from