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After Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education: graduation, pay and debt

Lexington, Kentucky · Private · 200 undergrads

The typical student earns $20,156 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $11,600 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$20.2k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$11.6k
median federal debt at graduation.
11%
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
44%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$17,524
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$16,466
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$20,156
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
15%

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
$11,600
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$9,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
11%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
13%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
17%

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