After Columbus Technical College: graduation, pay and debt

Columbus, Georgia · Public · 3,153 undergrads

The typical student earns $34,238 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $8,756 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$34.2k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$8,756

median federal debt at graduation.

24%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

22%

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

36%

Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

27%

Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

496

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

14%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$28,884

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,648

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$34,238

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard

46%

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

$8,756

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

$7,245

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

24%

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

Where these numbers come from