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After National Career Institute: graduation, pay and debt

East Orange, New Jersey · For-profit · 148 undergrads

The typical student earns $26,415 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $6,756 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$26.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$6,756
median federal debt at graduation.
9.4%
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
61%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$19,817
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$21,423
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$26,415

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
$6,756
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,756
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,756
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,756
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
9.4%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
10%

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