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After SUNY Adirondack: graduation, pay and debt

Queensbury, New York · Public · 2,723 undergrads

The typical student earns $41,267 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $14,345 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$41.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$14.3k
median federal debt at graduation.
45%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
27%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
32%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
25%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
908
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
20%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,756
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$39,434
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$41,267
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
49%

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
$14,345
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$8,494
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$9,336
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
45%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
49%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
53%

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

Where these numbers come from

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