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After Milan Institute-Palm Desert: graduation, pay and debt

Palm Desert, California · For-profit · 290 undergrads

The typical student earns $29,491 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $7,702 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$29.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$7,702
median federal debt at graduation.
30%
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
59%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$28,491
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$27,918
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$29,491
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
36%

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
$7,702
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$7,618
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
30%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
31%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
33%

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