After Rio Grande Valley College: graduation, pay and debt

Pharr, Texas · For-profit · 883 undergrads

Graduates leave with $12,359 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$12.4k

median federal debt at graduation.

34%

of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

75%

Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

84%

Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

16%

Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

136

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$38,101

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$43,144

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$12,359

Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard

$10,473

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$9,756

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$14,441

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

34%

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

Where these numbers come from