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After Fullerton College: graduation, pay and debt

Fullerton, California · Public · 18,569 undergrads

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The typical student earns $43,366 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $4,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$43.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$4,500
median federal debt at graduation.
36%
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
33%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
48%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
19%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
2,612
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
8%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,531
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$38,423
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$43,366
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
49%

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
$4,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$7,626
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
36%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
43%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
49%

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