After Northwest Career College: graduation, pay and debt

Las Vegas, Nevada · For-profit · 2,222 undergrads

The typical student earns $27,530 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$27.5k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$9,500

median federal debt at graduation.

43%

of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

65%

Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

72%

Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

12%

Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

400

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$31,954

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$31,658

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$27,530

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard

48%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$9,500

Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard

$8,314

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$8,314

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$7,485

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

43%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

33%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

33%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from