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After Oakland Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Auburn Hills, Michigan · Public · 13,831 undergrads

The typical student earns $37,395 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,105 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$37.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$9,105
median federal debt at graduation.
20%
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
20%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
36%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
1,830
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
25%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$29,877
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,401
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,395
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
47%

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
$9,105
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$4,592
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$4,972
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$4,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
20%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
29%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
40%

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