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After North American Trade Schools: graduation, pay and debt

Baltimore, Maryland · For-profit · 529 undergrads

The typical student earns $39,756 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $7,338 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$39.8k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$7,338
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
70%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$43,206
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$41,530
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$39,756
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
51%

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
$7,338
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$3,668
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,372
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$3,372
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
27%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
23%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
23%

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