After Merced College: graduation, pay and debt

Merced, California · Public · 11,835 undergrads

The typical student earns $37,815 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $4,188 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$37.8k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$4,188

median federal debt at graduation.

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

29%

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

40%

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

13%

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

1,454

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

5.4%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$31,468

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$34,933

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$37,815

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

37%

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

$4,188

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

$4,188

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

Where these numbers come from