After IDEA at ATEP: graduation, pay and debt

The typical student earns $49,156 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $6,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$49.2k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$6,500

median federal debt at graduation.

41%

of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.

All the federal numbers

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$35,124

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$43,391

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$49,156

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard

50%

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

$6,500

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

$4,500

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$4,750

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$3,782

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

41%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

44%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

58%

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

Where these numbers come from

Federal college data (IPEDS and College Scorecard).