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After Raritan Valley Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Branchburg, New Jersey · Public · 6,587 undergrads

The typical student earns $48,145 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $10,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$48.1k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$10.5k
median federal debt at graduation.
53%
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
41%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
23%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
1,427
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
21%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$39,229
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$44,402
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$48,145
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
59%

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
$10,500
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,000
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,175
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,826
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
53%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
60%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
60%

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