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After Montreat College: graduation, pay and debt

Montreat, North Carolina · Private · 762 undergrads

41% of Montreat College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $53,114 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $24,150 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$53.1k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
41%
finish within six years.
27%
finish in four years.
59%
of first-years come back for year two.
$24.1k
median federal debt at graduation.
52%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
27%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
41%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
59%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
36%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
48%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
175

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$40,380
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$53,114
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
64%

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
$24,150
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$13,875
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$16,334
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$11,250
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
52%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
60%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
64%

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

Where these numbers come from
  • Admit rate and applicants: IPEDS, fall 2024 (checked Oct 31, 2026)
  • Cost, pay and debt: College Scorecard, 2024-25 (checked Oct 31, 2026)

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