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After Ottawa University-Kansas City: graduation, pay and debt

Overland Park, Kansas · Private · 219 undergrads

The typical student earns $59,897 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $22,000 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$59.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$22k
median federal debt at graduation.
47%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$52,450
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$59,897
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
70%

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
$22,000
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$12,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$13,100
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$12,000
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
47%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
53%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
62%

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

Where these numbers come from

Federal college data (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers