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After Santa Fe College: graduation, pay and debt

Gainesville, Florida · Public · 11,122 undergrads

52% of Santa Fe College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $46,650 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$46.6k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
52%
finish within six years.
$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 within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
52%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
50%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
54%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
1,772
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
58%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
21%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
1,790
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
23%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$40,229
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$46,650
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
52%

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
$7,125
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$8,000
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$5,994
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
35%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
40%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
49%

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