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After Johnston Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Smithfield, North Carolina · Public · 4,680 undergrads

The typical student earns $37,310 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $6,045 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$37.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$6,045
median federal debt at graduation.
30%
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
38%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
50%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
13%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
641
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
11%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,629
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,730
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,310
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
46%

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
$6,045
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,045
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
30%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
39%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
54%

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