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After Lower Columbia College: graduation, pay and debt

Longview, Washington · Public · 1,932 undergrads

25% of Lower Columbia College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $45,498 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $16,320 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$45.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
25%
finish within six years.
$16.3k
median federal debt at graduation.
34%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
25%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
23%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
26%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
228
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
35%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
24%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
620
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
8.3%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$43,058
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$45,498
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
49%

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, 2024-25
$16,320
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$6,487
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$7,077
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$4,906
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
34%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
37%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
48%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers