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After Butler County Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Butler, Pennsylvania · Public · 2,468 undergrads

The typical student earns $38,891 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $10,020 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$38.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$10k
median federal debt at graduation.
54%
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
31%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
35%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
30%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
677
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
30%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,920
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$38,563
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$38,891
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
52%

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
$10,020
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$4,495
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
54%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
57%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
62%

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