After SOWELA Technical Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Lake Charles, Louisiana · Public · 3,316 undergrads

The typical student earns $32,303 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $4,250 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$32.3k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$4,250

median federal debt at graduation.

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

42%

Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

46%

Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

13%

Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

664

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

7.1%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,044

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,061

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,303

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard

56%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$4,250

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

60%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

54%

Defaulted on their loans within 3 yearsCollege Scorecard

2.1%

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

Where these numbers come from