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After Ranger College: graduation, pay and debt

Ranger, Texas · Public · 2,498 undergrads

The typical student earns $35,552 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$35.6k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$9,500
median federal debt at graduation.
35%
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
38%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
26%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
28%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
422
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
21%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$30,914
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,993
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,552
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
53%

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
$9,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,792
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$7,125
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
35%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
38%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
38%

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