After South Louisiana Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Lafayette, Louisiana · Public · 5,887 undergrads

The typical student earns $31,432 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $11,000 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$31.4k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$11k

median federal debt at graduation.

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

30%

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

34%

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

23%

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

1,833

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

17%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$29,580

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$30,954

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$31,432

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard

48%

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

$11,000

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

$7,250

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$7,879

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$5,500

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

Where these numbers come from