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After Southern California Seminary: graduation, pay and debt

El Cajon, California · Private · 32 undergrads

The typical student earns $49,860 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $12,034 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$49.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$12k
median federal debt at graduation.
55%
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
$41,586
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$49,860

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
$12,034
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
55%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
50%

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 Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers