After Mesalands Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Tucumcari, New Mexico · Public · 482 undergrads

The typical student earns $32,272 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $5,295 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$32.3k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$5,295

median federal debt at graduation.

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

54%

Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

61%

Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

102

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

8.1%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$27,639

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$26,195

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,272

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard

38%

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

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$5,295

Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard

$5,295

Defaulted on their loans within 3 yearsCollege Scorecard

4.9%

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

Where these numbers come from