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After Platt College-Aurora: graduation, pay and debt

Greenwood Village, Colorado · For-profit · 215 undergrads

The typical student earns $77,602 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $42,125 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$77.6k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
83%
of first-years come back for year two.
$42.1k
median federal debt at graduation.
68%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsCollege Scorecard
25%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard
83%
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
80%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$77,963
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$75,982
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$77,602
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
86%

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
$42,125
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$33,443
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$34,264
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$31,424
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
68%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
59%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
59%

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

Where these numbers come from
  • Admit rate and applicants: IPEDS, fall 2023 (checked May 7, 2026)
  • Cost, pay and debt: College Scorecard (checked May 7, 2026)

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