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After GateWay Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Phoenix, Arizona · Public · 5,123 undergrads

20% of GateWay Community College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $46,147 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $6,750 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$46.1k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
20%
finish within six years.
61%
of first-years come back for year two.
$6,750
median federal debt at graduation.
32%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
20%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard
61%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
21%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
18%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
312
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
31%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
35%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
431
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
36%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$42,262
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$43,557
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$46,147
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
61%

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
$6,750
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$4,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$4,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$4,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
32%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
39%
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

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers