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After Rowan-Cabarrus Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Salisbury, North Carolina · Public · 6,862 undergrads

The typical student earns $34,936 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $9,458 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$34.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$9,458
median federal debt at graduation.
24%
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
30%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
37%
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
703
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
14%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$30,316
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,733
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,936
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

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard
$9,458
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$8,457
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$9,008
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
24%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
24%

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