After Johnson & Wales University-Online: graduation, pay and debt

Providence, Rhode Island · Private · 1,990 undergrads

The typical student earns $43,418 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $26,000 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$43.4k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

54%

of first-years come back for year two.

$26k

median federal debt at graduation.

68%

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

All the federal numbers

First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard

54%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$35,802

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$40,078

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$43,418

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

61%

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

$26,000

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

$16,334

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$18,991

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$12,500

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

68%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

69%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

69%

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

Where these numbers come from