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After PCI Academy-Ames: graduation, pay and debt

Ames, Iowa · For-profit · 170 undergrads

The typical student earns $31,330 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $5,828 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$31.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$5,828
median federal debt at graduation.
49%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
83%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$26,492
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$27,148
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$31,330
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
46%

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
$5,828
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$4,858
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,439
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$3,666
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
49%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
53%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
69%

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

Where these numbers come from

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