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After Potomac State College of West Virginia University: graduation, pay and debt

Keyser, West Virginia · Public · 853 undergrads

26% of Potomac State College of West Virginia University students finish within six years, the typical student earns $62,910 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $21,146 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$62.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
26%
finish within six years.
58%
of first-years come back for year two.
$21.1k
median federal debt at graduation.
58%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished within six yearsIPEDS, fall 2023
26%
First-years who came back for year twoCollege Scorecard, fall 2024
58%
Men who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
27%
Women who finished within six yearsIPEDS, students who started in 2017
25%
Students in that six-year groupIPEDS, students who started in 2017
589
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
24%
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
625
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard, earlier release
29%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$49,787
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard, 2022-23
$62,910
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
65%

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
$21,146
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard, earlier release
$15,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$16,336
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard, earlier release
$14,750
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, 2024-25
58%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
64%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard, earlier release
72%

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