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After South Seattle College: graduation, pay and debt

Seattle, Washington · Public · 1,616 undergrads

26% of South Seattle College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $58,451 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $5,478 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$58.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
26%
finish within six years.
$5,478
median federal debt at graduation.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
26%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
30%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
22%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
160
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
22%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
28%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
1,217
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
25%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$47,791
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$58,451
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
59%

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
$5,478
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$5,478
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$5,329
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$6,378

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