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After Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute: graduation, pay and debt

Hudson, North Carolina · Public · 3,764 undergrads

The typical student earns $34,515 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $8,750 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$34.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$8,750
median federal debt at graduation.
25%
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
40%
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
26%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
397
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
23%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$30,689
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,111
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,515
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
$8,750
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,625
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
25%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
33%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
47%

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