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After Central Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Grand Island, Nebraska · Public · 6,862 undergrads

The typical student earns $39,429 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $7,992 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$39.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$7,992
median federal debt at graduation.
57%
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
44%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
50%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
21%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
1,012
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
16%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$36,158
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$38,405
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$39,429
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
51%

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
$7,992
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
57%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
60%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
64%

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