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After Denmark Technical College: graduation, pay and debt

Denmark, South Carolina · Public · 646 undergrads · HBCU

The typical student earns $25,351 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $15,250 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$25.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$15.3k
median federal debt at graduation.
11%
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
15%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
17%
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
339
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
36%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$18,631
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$19,454
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$25,351
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
18%

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
$15,250
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,750
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
11%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
16%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
19%

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