After Craven Community College: graduation, pay and debt

New Bern, North Carolina · Public · 2,851 undergrads

The typical student earns $34,231 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $5,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$34.2k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$5,500

median federal debt at graduation.

30%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

41%

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

41%

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

24%

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

147

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

23%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,904

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$34,886

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$34,231

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

40%

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

$5,500

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

$5,500

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

30%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

42%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

47%

Defaulted on their loans within 3 yearsCollege Scorecard

2.3%

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

Where these numbers come from