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After Southeast Arkansas College: graduation, pay and debt

Pine Bluff, Arkansas · Public · 810 undergrads

The typical student earns $33,603 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $8,600 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$33.6k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$8,600
median federal debt at graduation.
40%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
22%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
33%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
10%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
257
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
10%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$29,235
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$29,703
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,603
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
40%

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
$8,600
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,186
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,419
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,400
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
40%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
38%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
42%

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

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers