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After Florida National University Training Center: graduation, pay and debt

The typical student earns $33,928 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $27,554 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$33.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$27.6k
median federal debt at graduation.
31%
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
$29,347
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,325
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,928
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
39%

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
$27,554
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$16,492
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$16,560
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$14,750
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
31%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
35%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
46%

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 May 7, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers