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After Taft College: graduation, pay and debt

Taft, California · Public · 4,135 undergrads

The typical student earns $38,861 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$38.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
34%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
45%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
20%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
368
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
8.6%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,687
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,364
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$38,861
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
40%

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

Where these numbers come from

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