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After Isothermal Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Spindale, North Carolina · Public · 1,810 undergrads

The typical student earns $33,325 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$33.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
13%
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
51%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
48%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
18%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
231
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
12%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$28,218
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$28,966
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,325
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
37%

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
13%

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