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After Denver College of Nursing-Houston: graduation, pay and debt

Houston, Texas · For-profit · 135 undergrads

The typical student earns $90,917 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $24,290 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$90.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$24.3k
median federal debt at graduation.
78%
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
$84,639
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$90,917
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
91%

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, 2024-25
$24,290
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$21,110
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$18,003
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$24,513
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
78%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
78%

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

Where these numbers come from

Federal college data (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers