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After Northshore Technical Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Lacombe, Louisiana · Public · 5,716 undergrads

The typical student earns $29,734 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $12,000 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$29.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$12k
median federal debt at graduation.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
32%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
43%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
24%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
369
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
10%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$27,306
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$29,088
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$29,734

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
$12,000
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$7,772
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,250
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500

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