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After Middlesex Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Bedford, Massachusetts · Public · 8,280 undergrads

The typical student earns $50,651 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $7,291 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$50.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$7,291
median federal debt at graduation.
57%
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
19%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
32%
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
1,247
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
24%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$40,318
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$45,369
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$50,651
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
57%

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
$7,291
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,187
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$3,607
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
57%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
62%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
68%

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