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After Mott Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Flint, Michigan · Public · 6,482 undergrads

The typical student earns $32,538 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $13,000 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$32.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$13k
median federal debt at graduation.
24%
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
15%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
33%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
56%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
788
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
13%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$27,146
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$30,285
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,538
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.

Debt and paying it back

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$13,000
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,975
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,500
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,499
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
24%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
31%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
37%
Defaulted on their loans within 3 yearsCollege Scorecard
0.1%

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