After Columbia Gorge Community College: graduation, pay and debt

The Dalles, Oregon · Public · 736 undergrads

The typical student earns $44,440 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $19,397 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$44.4k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$19.4k

median federal debt at graduation.

31%

of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

15%

Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

21%

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

101

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

25%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$37,252

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$38,837

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$44,440

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$19,397

Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard

$8,778

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$9,500

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$4,719

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

31%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

41%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from