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After Modesto Junior College: graduation, pay and debt

Modesto, California · Public · 15,109 undergrads

26% of Modesto Junior College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $45,551 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $3,375 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$45.6k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
26%
finish within six years.
71%
of first-years come back for year two.
$3,375
median federal debt at graduation.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
26%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
71%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
23%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
29%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
1,521
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
40%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
15%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
1,775
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
11%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,823
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$45,551
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
41%

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
$3,375
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$3,375

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