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After Fox Valley Technical College: graduation, pay and debt

Appleton, Wisconsin · Public · 10,995 undergrads

The typical student earns $45,684 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $10,402 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$45.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$10.4k
median federal debt at graduation.
51%
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
55%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
68%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
11%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
548
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
17%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$42,285
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$43,027
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$45,684
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
62%

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
$10,402
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,834
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,618
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
51%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
59%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
68%

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