After Mountain Empire Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Big Stone Gap, Virginia · Public · 2,015 undergrads

The typical student earns $32,622 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$32.6k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

47%

Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

49%

Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

431

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

4.3%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$30,368

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$29,658

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$32,622

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard

34%

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Where these numbers come from