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After Black River Technical College: graduation, pay and debt

Pocahontas, Arkansas · Public · 1,544 undergrads

The typical student earns $34,818 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$34.8k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$9,500
median federal debt at graduation.
45%
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
34%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
47%
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
326
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
11%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$31,263
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$31,569
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,818
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
41%

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
$9,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,000
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,550
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,039
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
45%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
41%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
46%

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