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After Mountwest Community and Technical College: graduation, pay and debt

Huntington, West Virginia · Public · 1,459 undergrads

The typical student earns $28,951 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $7,446 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$29k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$7,446
median federal debt at graduation.
27%
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
18%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
41%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
3%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
480
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
7.7%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$28,245
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$28,752
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$28,951
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
45%

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
$7,446
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,136
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$4,358
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
27%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
28%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
34%

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