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After Valencia College: graduation, pay and debt

Orlando, Florida · Public · 39,486 undergrads

44% of Valencia College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $45,388 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $10,653 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$45.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
44%
finish within six years.
$10.7k
median federal debt at graduation.
32%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
44%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
39%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
48%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
5,074
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
55%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
17%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
6,232
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
19%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,830
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$45,388
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
50%

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
$10,653
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$5,840
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$6,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
32%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
37%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
45%

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