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After Morton College: graduation, pay and debt

Cicero, Illinois · Public · 3,653 undergrads

The typical student earns $42,406 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $8,000 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$42.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$8,000
median federal debt at graduation.
33%
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
26%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
33%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
25%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
516
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
15%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,053
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$39,955
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$42,406
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
46%

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
$8,000
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,250
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
33%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
39%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
31%

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