After Kaskaskia College: graduation, pay and debt

Centralia, Illinois · Public · 3,447 undergrads

The typical student earns $38,801 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $3,750 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$38.8k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$3,750

median federal debt at graduation.

48%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

44%

Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

48%

Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

16%

Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

197

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

14%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$33,095

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$36,398

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$38,801

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.

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$3,750

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

$3,500

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

48%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

46%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

42%

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

Where these numbers come from