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After Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center: graduation, pay and debt

Poplar Bluff, Missouri · Public · 14 undergrads

The typical student earns $37,750 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $4,750 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$37.8k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$4,750
median federal debt at graduation.
38%
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
83%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$38,960
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,917
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$37,750
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
52%

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
$4,750
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
38%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
53%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
45%
Defaulted on their loans within 3 yearsCollege Scorecard
5.1%

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