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After Minnesota West Community and Technical College: graduation, pay and debt

Granite Falls, Minnesota · Public · 3,438 undergrads

The typical student earns $45,285 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $10,987 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$45.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$11k
median federal debt at graduation.
52%
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
42%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
52%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
17%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
322
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
14%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$39,894
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$41,082
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$45,285
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
58%

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
$10,987
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$9,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$9,997
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$7,733
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
52%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
58%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
65%

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