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After Jose Maria Vargas University: graduation, pay and debt

Pembroke Pines, Florida · For-profit · 86 undergrads

The typical student earns $31,302 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $24,750 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$31.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$24.8k
median federal debt at graduation.
All the federal numbers

Pay after college

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$31,302

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, 2024-25
$24,750
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$14,250

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).

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers