After Pierpont Community and Technical College: graduation, pay and debt

Fairmont, West Virginia · Public · 1,939 undergrads

The typical student earns $35,132 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $12,110 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$35.1k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$12.1k

median federal debt at graduation.

28%

of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

39%

Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

29%

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

408

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

7.2%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$31,618

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$31,849

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$35,132

Pay is for students who got federal aid and are working, counted from the year they started college, whether or not they finished.

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$12,110

Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard

$8,618

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$8,998

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$8,250

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

28%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

30%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

37%

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

Where these numbers come from