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After Contra Costa College: graduation, pay and debt

San Pablo, California · Public · 5,997 undergrads

The typical student earns $40,850 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $4,750 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$40.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$4,750
median federal debt at graduation.
28%
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
28%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
38%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
18%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
378
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
7.9%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,342
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,798
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$40,850
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
47%

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
$4,750
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$4,750
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$4,750
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$4,750
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
28%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
34%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
53%

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