After Tidewater Tech-Trades: graduation, pay and debt

Norfolk, Virginia · For-profit · 514 undergrads

The typical student earns $31,657 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$31.7k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$9,500

median federal debt at graduation.

18%

of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

68%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$36,833

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$37,097

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$31,657

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.

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$9,500

Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard

$9,500

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$9,500

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$9,500

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

18%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

13%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

13%

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

Where these numbers come from