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After Northern New Mexico College: graduation, pay and debt

Espanola, New Mexico · Public · 926 undergrads

33% of Northern New Mexico College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $43,665 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $8,250 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$43.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
33%
finish within six years.
3.7%
finish in four years.
52%
of first-years come back for year two.
$8,250
median federal debt at graduation.
41%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished in four yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
3.7%
Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
33%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
52%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
18%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
46%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
135
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
34%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
43%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
117
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
21%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$39,847
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$43,665
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
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, 2024-25
$8,250
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$6,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$6,000
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$7,183
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
41%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
50%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
55%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Updated Oct 31, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers