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After Lansing Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Lansing, Michigan · Public · 9,207 undergrads

The typical student earns $39,206 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $12,700 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$39.2k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$12.7k
median federal debt at graduation.
31%
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
21%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
31%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
28%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
1,669
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
23%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$35,174
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$36,744
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$39,206
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
50%

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
$12,700
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,613
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,085
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
31%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
32%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
42%

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