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After Pinnacle Career Institute: graduation, pay and debt

Kansas City, Missouri · For-profit · 488 undergrads

The typical student earns $34,213 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $11,605 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$34.2k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$11.6k
median federal debt at graduation.
24%
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
61%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
31%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
3%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
713

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$30,682
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,099
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,213
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
41%

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
$11,605
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$8,146
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,050
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,415
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
24%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
25%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
28%

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