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After San Bernardino Valley College: graduation, pay and debt

San Bernardino, California · Public · 12,982 undergrads

The typical student earns $39,676 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $3,938 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$39.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$3,938
median federal debt at graduation.
33%
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
21%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
31%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
15%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
1,188
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
8%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,980
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$36,100
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$39,676
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
40%

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
$3,938
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$3,938
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
33%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
30%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
41%

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