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After Dutchess BOCES-Practical Nursing Program: graduation, pay and debt

Poughkeepsie, New York · Public · 85 undergrads

The typical student earns $48,363 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $7,063 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$48.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$7,063
median federal debt at graduation.
46%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
70%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$47,278
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$41,886
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$48,363
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
70%

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
$7,063
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
46%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
47%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
45%

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

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers