After High Desert Medical College: graduation, pay and debt

Lancaster, California · For-profit · 1,803 undergrads

Graduates leave with $13,555 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$13.6k

median federal debt at graduation.

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

62%

Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

76%

Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

196

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$31,486

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$37,904

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$13,555

Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard

$9,500

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$9,500

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$9,500

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

Where these numbers come from