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After Holyoke Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Holyoke, Massachusetts · Public · 3,706 undergrads

The typical student earns $37,277 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $8,250 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$37.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$8,250
median federal debt at graduation.
49%
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
27%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
29%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
23%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
1,129
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
19%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,437
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,578
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,277
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
48%

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
$8,250
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$4,750
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$3,490
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$7,000
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
49%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
54%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
60%

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