After Interior Designers Institute: graduation, pay and debt

Newport Beach, California · For-profit · 97 undergrads

The typical student earns $54,974 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $19,803 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$55k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$19.8k

median federal debt at graduation.

67%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished within six yearsCollege Scorecard, earlier release

70%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release

$51,615

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release

$40,138

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$54,974

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

66%

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, 2024-25

$19,803

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

$17,667

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release

$17,641

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release

$19,709

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25

67%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release

64%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release

79%

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

Where these numbers come from