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After Murray State College: graduation, pay and debt

Tishomingo, Oklahoma · Public · 2,686 undergrads

The typical student earns $36,545 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $13,387 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$36.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$13.4k
median federal debt at graduation.
37%
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
31%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
35%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
16%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
548
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
11%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,903
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,282
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$36,545
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
52%

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
$13,387
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$8,886
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$9,425
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$7,807
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
37%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
36%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
45%

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