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After Wade College: graduation, pay and debt

Dallas, Texas · For-profit · 252 undergrads

39% of Wade College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $45,911 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $25,298 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$45.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
39%
finish within six years.
100%
of first-years come back for year two.
$25.3k
median federal debt at graduation.
24%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsCollege Scorecard, 2019 entry
39%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
100%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
48%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
32%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
44
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
18%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,142
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$45,911
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
$25,298
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$14,608
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$15,100
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$12,250
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
24%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
26%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
34%

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