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After Guilford Technical Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Jamestown, North Carolina · Public · 10,443 undergrads

The typical student earns $33,934 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $14,901 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$33.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$14.9k
median federal debt at graduation.
18%
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
29%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
31%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
29%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
1,275
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
18%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$29,705
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$31,540
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,934
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
$14,901
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$7,915
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,399
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
18%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
23%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
37%

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