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After Harrisburg Area Community College-Gettysburg: graduation, pay and debt

The typical student earns $42,007 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $17,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$42k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$17.5k
median federal debt at graduation.
42%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$36,499
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$39,606
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$42,007
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
56%

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
$17,500
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
$8,242
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
42%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
49%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
58%

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).

Updated May 7, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers