After Georgia Piedmont Technical College: graduation, pay and debt

Clarkston, Georgia · Public · 2,977 undergrads

The typical student earns $34,619 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $12,666 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$34.6k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$12.7k

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

36%

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

56%

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

18%

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

335

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

8.5%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,264

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,854

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$34,619

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

43%

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

$12,666

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

$9,500

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

22%

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

Where these numbers come from