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After Haywood Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Clyde, North Carolina · Public · 1,260 undergrads

The typical student earns $34,770 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$34.8k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
34%
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
36%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
40%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
22%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
236
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
13%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$30,792
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,627
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,770
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
35%

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

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
34%

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