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After Santa Ana College: graduation, pay and debt

Santa Ana, California · Public · 22,485 undergrads

32% of Santa Ana College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $48,917 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$48.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
32%
finish within six years.
100%
of first-years come back for year two.
$9,500
median federal debt at graduation.
46%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
32%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard
100%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
28%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
35%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
1,777
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
42%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
10%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
1,660
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
7%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$41,297
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$48,917
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
49%

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, 2024-25
$9,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$5,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$5,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$5,947
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
46%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
47%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
54%

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

Where these numbers come from

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers