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After The University of Tennessee Health Science Center: graduation, pay and debt

Memphis, Tennessee · Public · 394 undergrads

The typical student earns $77,971 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $11,805 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$78k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$11.8k
median federal debt at graduation.
All the federal numbers

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$70,196
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$77,971

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
$11,805
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$11,250
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$12,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$11,000

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