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After Central Carolina Technical College: graduation, pay and debt

Sumter, South Carolina · Public · 3,004 undergrads

The typical student earns $32,603 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,977 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$32.6k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$9,977
median federal debt at graduation.
23%
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
26%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
25%
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
533
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
18%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$28,887
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$31,180
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,603
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
38%

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
$9,977
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,821
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$7,200
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,125
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
23%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
28%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
40%

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