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After Jackson State Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Jackson, Tennessee · Public · 3,078 undergrads

The typical student earns $35,224 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$35.2k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
22%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
30%
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
1,122
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
13%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,274
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,155
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,224
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
45%

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

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers