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After University of the District of Columbia: graduation, pay and debt

Washington, District of Columbia · Public · 3,351 undergrads · HBCU

26% of University of the District of Columbia students finish within six years, the typical student earns $49,165 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $23,126 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$49.2k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
26%
finish within six years.
13%
finish in four years.
68%
of first-years come back for year two.
$23.1k
median federal debt at graduation.
31%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
13%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
26%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
68%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
27%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
26%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
297
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
35%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
16%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
337
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
18%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$42,102
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$49,165
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
53%

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
$23,126
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$14,250
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$15,000
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$11,000
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
31%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
36%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
44%

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