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After Lamar State College-Orange: graduation, pay and debt

Orange, Texas · Public · 3,162 undergrads

The typical student earns $36,587 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $10,959 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$36.6k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$11k
median federal debt at graduation.
41%
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
28%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
33%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
19%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
393
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
19%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,553
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,202
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$36,587
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
52%

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
$10,959
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$8,125
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,495
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
41%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
42%
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

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers