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After Southeastern College-Miami Lakes: graduation, pay and debt

The typical student earns $41,200 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $19,000 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$41.2k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$19k
median federal debt at graduation.
26%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,935
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$38,065
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$41,200
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
51%

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
$19,000
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$12,039
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$12,250
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$10,886
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
26%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
30%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
36%

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

Where these numbers come from

Federal college data (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Updated May 7, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers