After Institute of Culinary Education: graduation, pay and debt

Pasadena, California · For-profit · 452 undergrads

The typical student earns $47,865 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $6,439 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$47.9k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$6,439

median federal debt at graduation.

73%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

60%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$36,663

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$38,805

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$47,865

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

$6,439

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

$3,972

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$3,972

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$4,561

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

73%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

78%

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).