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After Ozarks Technical Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Springfield, Missouri · Public · 8,165 undergrads

32% of Ozarks Technical Community College students finish within six years, the typical student earns $40,171 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,859 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$40.2k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
32%
finish within six years.
100%
of first-years come back for year two.
$9,859
median federal debt at graduation.
35%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
32%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
100%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
28%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
35%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
2,119
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
32%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
19%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
2,209
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
18%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,071
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$40,171
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
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, 2024-25
$9,859
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
$7,000
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$5,388
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
35%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
41%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
51%

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