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After Northwest Florida State College: graduation, pay and debt

Niceville, Florida · Public · 3,010 undergrads

43% of Northwest Florida State College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $43,741 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,750 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$43.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
43%
finish within six years.
$9,750
median federal debt at graduation.
51%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
43%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
37%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
48%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
527
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
44%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
22%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
808
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
22%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$40,427
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$43,741
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
48%

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
$9,750
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$5,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$5,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$5,304
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
51%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
49%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
54%

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