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After Southeast Texas Career Institute: graduation, pay and debt

Silsbee, Texas · For-profit · 74 undergrads

The typical student earns $24,835 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $5,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$24.8k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$5,500
median federal debt at graduation.
36%
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
70%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$20,436
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$20,265
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$24,835
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
32%

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
$5,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$4,584
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$4,584
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,861
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
36%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
48%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
41%

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