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After Forsyth Technical Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Winston-Salem, North Carolina · Public · 8,716 undergrads

The typical student earns $34,139 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $10,000 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$34.1k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$10k
median federal debt at graduation.
22%
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
35%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
23%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
854
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
14%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$30,285
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,740
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,139
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
42%

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
$10,000
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,888
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,332
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,399
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
22%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
28%

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