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After Gwinnett Technical College: graduation, pay and debt

Lawrenceville, Georgia · Public · 9,726 undergrads

The typical student earns $45,025 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $13,000 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$45k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$13k
median federal debt at graduation.
36%
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
46%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
24%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
661
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
18%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,660
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$40,133
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$45,025
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
55%

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
$13,000
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$7,056
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,250
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
36%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
39%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
47%

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