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After Parker University: graduation, pay and debt

Dallas, Texas · Private · 607 undergrads

72% of Parker University students finish within six years, the typical student earns $56,771 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $12,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$56.8k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
72%
finish within six years.
33%
finish in four years.
50%
of first-years come back for year two.
$12.5k
median federal debt at graduation.
44%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
33%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
72%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
50%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
74%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
78
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
5.1%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$46,535
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$56,771
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
63%

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
$12,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$9,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$9,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$6,250
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
44%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
49%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
53%
Defaulted on their loans within 3 yearsCollege Scorecard, earlier release
0.1%

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