Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $33,338 ten years after enrolling, more than at 5% of colleges; 18% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.9 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
20 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 40 more are enrolled at another college. (141 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
– Fewer than 30 students in the group
5 of 100 finish within 4 years, 18 within 6, and 20 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 5% | 18% | 20% |
| Started in college here | 2% | 18% | 19% |
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients192 students
15%
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant9 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan0 students
Not reported
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- Hispanic/Latino4 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Black183 students
15% · the same as all students
- Two or more races5 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- International1 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- American Indian/Alaska Native1 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Paine College. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)