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After Nightingale College: graduation, pay and debt

Salt Lake City, Utah · For-profit · 5,986 undergrads

45% of Nightingale College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $79,752 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $34,796 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$79.8k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
45%
finish within six years.
2.5%
finish in four years.
50%
of first-years come back for year two.
$34.8k
median federal debt at graduation.
70%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
2.5%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
45%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
50%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
43%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
40
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
46%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
17%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
54

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$69,991
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$79,752

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
$34,796
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$10,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$10,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$10,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
70%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
45%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
63%

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