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After Glendale Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Glendale, Arizona · Public · 13,480 undergrads

14% of Glendale Community College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $43,108 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $6,960 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$43.1k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
14%
finish within six years.
$6,960
median federal debt at graduation.
35%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
14%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
12%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
17%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
1,680
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
25%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
31%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
2,284
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
26%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,269
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$41,097
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$43,108
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
57%

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
$6,960
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$4,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$4,974
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$3,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
35%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
38%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
50%

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