After Paul Mitchell The School Great Lakes – Sarasota: graduation, pay and debt
The typical student earns $16,715 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,667 in federal loans at the median.
The short answers
$16.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$9,667
median federal debt at graduation.
42%
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
$23,173
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$23,989
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$16,715
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
24%
Debt and paying it back
Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$9,667
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$8,389
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,389
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
42%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
29%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
34%
Where these numbers come from
Federal college data (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Updated May 7, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers