After Midwestern Career College: graduation, pay and debt

Chicago, Illinois · For-profit · 824 undergrads

The typical student earns $36,432 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $7,521 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$36.4k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$7,521

median federal debt at graduation.

31%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

62%

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

58%

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

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

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$33,475

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$36,369

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$36,432

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

$7,521

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

$7,521

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$7,521

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$12,822

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

31%

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

Where these numbers come from