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After Muskegon Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Muskegon, Michigan · Public · 3,518 undergrads

The typical student earns $36,549 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,125 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$36.5k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$9,125
median federal debt at graduation.
35%
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
28%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
27%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
34%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
582
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
25%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$31,662
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,451
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$36,549
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
46%

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
$9,125
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,000
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,416
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$4,888
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
35%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
40%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
48%

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