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After Piedmont Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Roxboro, North Carolina · Public · 1,250 undergrads

The typical student earns $33,274 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$33.3k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
27%
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
34%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
49%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
12%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
243
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
18%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$30,680
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$30,873
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,274
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
40%

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

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
27%
Defaulted on their loans within 3 yearsCollege Scorecard
14%

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