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After Bay de Noc Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Escanaba, Michigan · Public · 1,996 undergrads

The typical student earns $35,090 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $12,618 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$35.1k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$12.6k
median federal debt at graduation.
43%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
28%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
43%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
22%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
329
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
19%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,829
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,407
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,090
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
42%

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
$12,618
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$8,000
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,959
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
43%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
48%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
59%

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

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers