After Gaston College: graduation, pay and debt

The typical student earns $35,386 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$35.4k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

All the federal numbers

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$31,988

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$33,209

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$35,386

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

39%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

64%

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

Where these numbers come from

Federal college data (IPEDS and College Scorecard).