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After John A Logan College: graduation, pay and debt

Carterville, Illinois · Public · 3,120 undergrads

The typical student earns $34,096 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $3,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$34.1k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$3,500
median federal debt at graduation.
43%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
36%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
34%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
32%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
583
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
17%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$29,460
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$30,318
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,096
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
42%

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
$3,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$3,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
43%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
46%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
52%
Defaulted on their loans within 3 yearsCollege Scorecard
17%

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