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After Miles College: graduation, pay and debt

Fairfield, Alabama · Private · 1,155 undergrads · HBCU

26% of Miles College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $38,127 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $25,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$38.1k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
26%
finish within six years.
16%
finish in four years.
56%
of first-years come back for year two.
$25.5k
median federal debt at graduation.
15%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
16%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
26%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
56%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
19%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
34%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
304
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
29%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
34%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
424

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$28,819
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$38,127
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
37%

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, 2024-25
$25,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$15,691
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$16,392
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$12,000
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
15%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
20%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
23%

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

Where these numbers come from

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers