My colleges

After St Joseph School of Nursing: graduation, pay and debt

Nashua, New Hampshire · Private · 96 undergrads

Graduates leave with $16,550 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$16.6k
median federal debt at graduation.
70%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Pay after college

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
71%

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
$16,550
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$14,125
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$14,875
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$13,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
70%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
65%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
75%

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