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After Hodges University: graduation, pay and debt

Fort Myers, Florida · Private · 173 undergrads

22% of Hodges University students finish within six years, the typical student earns $37,052 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $27,675 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$37.1k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
22%
finish within six years.
3%
finish in four years.
100%
of first-years come back for year two.
$27.7k
median federal debt at graduation.
33%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
3%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
22%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard
100%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
15%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
67
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
14%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
2%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
126
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
19%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,533
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,901
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,052
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
58%

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
$27,675
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$17,600
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$18,550
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$14,750
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
33%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
39%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
43%

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