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After Smith Chason College: graduation, pay and debt

Los Angeles, California · For-profit · 2,447 undergrads

49% of Smith Chason College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $60,886 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $23,947 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$60.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
49%
finish within six years.
1%
finish in four years.
$23.9k
median federal debt at graduation.
47%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
1%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
49%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
49%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
101
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
60%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
0%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
166

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$54,348
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$60,886
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
71%

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
$23,947
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$16,640
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$16,640
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$17,597
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
47%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
54%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
60%

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