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After North Georgia Technical College: graduation, pay and debt

Clarkesville, Georgia · Public · 2,696 undergrads

The typical student earns $32,932 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $7,823 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$32.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$7,823
median federal debt at graduation.
36%
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
35%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
44%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
20%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
532
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
9.3%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,856
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,066
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,932
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
36%

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
$7,823
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,657
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,691
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$3,750
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
36%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
25%
Defaulted on their loans within 3 yearsCollege Scorecard
4.1%

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