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After National Polytechnic College: graduation, pay and debt

Lakewood, California · For-profit · 299 undergrads

The typical student earns $30,781 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $16,098 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$30.8k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$16.1k
median federal debt at graduation.
27%
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
53%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,541
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,493
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$30,781
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
30%

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
$16,098
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$13,798
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$13,635
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$19,878
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
27%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
33%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
32%

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