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After Great Lakes Christian College: graduation, pay and debt

Lansing, Michigan · Private · 197 undergrads

32% of Great Lakes Christian College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $36,738 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $16,739 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$36.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
32%
finish within six years.
11%
finish in four years.
49%
of first-years come back for year two.
$16.7k
median federal debt at graduation.
36%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsCollege Scorecard, 2017 entry
11%
Finished within six yearsCollege Scorecard, 2019 entry
32%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
49%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
39%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
0%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
44

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$31,193
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$36,738
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
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, 2024-25
$16,739
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$12,250
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
36%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
39%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
52%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers