After Holmes Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Goodman, Mississippi · Public · 4,959 undergrads

The typical student earns $32,922 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,274 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$32.9k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$9,274

median federal debt at graduation.

34%

of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

44%

Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

42%

Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

56%

Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

1,276

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$28,661

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$30,091

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,922

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard

43%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$9,274

Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard

$5,500

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$6,000

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$5,500

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

34%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

35%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

41%

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

Where these numbers come from