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After Simmons College of Kentucky: graduation, pay and debt

Louisville, Kentucky · Private · 481 undergrads · HBCU

34% of Simmons College of Kentucky students finish within six years and the typical student earns $29,057 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$29.1k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
34%
finish within six years.
2%
finish in four years.
64%
of first-years come back for year two.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
2%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
34%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
64%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
50
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
26%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
18%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
39

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$29,281
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$29,057

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Where these numbers come from
  • Admit rate and applicants: IPEDS, fall 2024 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
  • Cost, pay and debt: College Scorecard, 2024-25 (checked Oct 31, 2026)

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