After Excelsior University: graduation, pay and debt

Albany, New York · Private · 12,701 undergrads

The typical student earns $78,493 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $13,769 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$78.5k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$13.8k

median federal debt at graduation.

56%

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

All the federal numbers

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$63,796

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$75,790

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$78,493

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

82%

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

$13,769

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

$10,870

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$11,253

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$10,500

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

56%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

61%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

65%

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).