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After Strayer University-North Carolina: graduation, pay and debt

Greensboro, North Carolina · For-profit · 2,671 undergrads

The typical student earns $44,016 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $39,188 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$44k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$39.2k
median federal debt at graduation.
24%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsCollege Scorecard, earlier release
19%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$41,362
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$44,016
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
67%

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, 2024-25
$39,188
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$14,000
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$13,973
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$14,414
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
24%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
30%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
37%

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

Where these numbers come from

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