After Aiken Technical College: graduation, pay and debt

Graniteville, South Carolina · Public · 2,218 undergrads

The typical student earns $39,225 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $12,250 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$39.2k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$12.3k

median federal debt at graduation.

31%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

19%

Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

38%

Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

20%

Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

272

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

8.8%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,231

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$35,074

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$39,225

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

$12,250

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

$7,110

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$7,535

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$5,500

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

31%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

45%

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

Where these numbers come from