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After Palo Verde College: graduation, pay and debt

Blythe, California · Public · 3,461 undergrads

The typical student earns $36,389 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$36.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
25%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
28%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
5%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
170
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
5.7%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$30,602
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,716
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$36,389
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
34%

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

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers