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After Sampson Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Clinton, North Carolina · Public · 1,680 undergrads

The typical student earns $33,409 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$33.4k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
42%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
39%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
28%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
200
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
13%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$27,894
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,442
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$33,409
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
36%

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

Where these numbers come from

Updated May 8, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers