After Elaine Sterling Institute: graduation, pay and debt

Atlanta, Georgia · For-profit · 653 undergrads

Graduates leave with $9,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$9,500

median federal debt at graduation.

48%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

80%

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

0.2%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$29,104

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,343

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

$9,500

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

$6,333

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$6,333

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$7,917

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

48%

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

Where these numbers come from