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After Meridian Institute of Surgical Assisting: graduation, pay and debt

Nashville, Tennessee · For-profit · 788 undergrads

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The typical student earns $62,978 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $6,840 in federal loans at the median.

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$63k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$6,840
median federal debt at graduation.
60%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$68,179
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$67,735
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$62,978

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
$6,840
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,840
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,840
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,840
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
60%

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