My list

After Saint Paul College: graduation, pay and debt

Saint Paul, Minnesota · Public · 5,155 undergrads

The typical student earns $38,399 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $10,925 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$38.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$10.9k
median federal debt at graduation.
30%
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
32%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
37%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
26%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
792
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
24%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$36,932
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,105
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$38,399
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
$10,925
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$9,000
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$9,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$7,382
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
30%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
33%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
42%

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