After Shorter College: graduation, pay and debt

N Little Rock, Arkansas · Private · 290 undergrads · HBCU

Graduates leave with $29,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$29.5k

median federal debt at graduation.

25%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

8.4%

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

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

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

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$15,710

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$14,679

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

$29,500

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

$22,625

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

25%

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

Where these numbers come from