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After Lamar Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Lamar, Colorado · Public · 711 undergrads

The typical student earns $38,719 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $8,750 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$38.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$8,750
median federal debt at graduation.
38%
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
43%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
40%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
33%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
129
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
29%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$31,813
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,824
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$38,719
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
$8,750
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,973
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,200
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
38%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
41%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
45%

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