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After Pittsburgh Technical College: graduation, pay and debt

Oakdale, Pennsylvania · Private · 864 undergrads

53% of Pittsburgh Technical College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $40,770 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $17,416 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$40.8k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
53%
finish within six years.
2.3%
finish in four years.
92%
of first-years come back for year two.
$17.4k
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
2.3%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
53%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard
92%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
53%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
54%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
614
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
59%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
13%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
789
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
3.4%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$36,852
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,591
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$40,770
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
51%

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
$17,416
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$13,166
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$13,264
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$12,857
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
44%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
51%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
55%

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