After Edgecombe Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Tarboro, North Carolina · Public · 1,036 undergrads

The typical student earns $33,267 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $15,917 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$33.3k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$15.9k

median federal debt at graduation.

22%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

34%

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

86%

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

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

143

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$27,119

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$29,406

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$33,267

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

45%

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

$15,917

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

$9,500

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$9,500

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$6,572

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

22%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

24%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

33%

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

Where these numbers come from