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After Gulf Coast State College: graduation, pay and debt

Panama City, Florida · Public · 3,934 undergrads

45% of Gulf Coast State College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $43,513 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $8,269 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$43.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
45%
finish within six years.
$8,269
median federal debt at graduation.
41%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
45%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
39%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
50%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
625
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
49%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
21%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
678
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
18%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$39,829
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$43,513
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
51%

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, 2024-25
$8,269
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$5,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$5,999
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$5,400
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
41%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
44%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
52%

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

Where these numbers come from

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers