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After Shoreline Community College – CNC Machinists Program Georgetown SSC: graduation, pay and debt

The typical student earns $52,009 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $12,021 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$52k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$12k
median federal debt at graduation.
48%
of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.
All the federal numbers

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$43,123
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$45,648
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$52,009
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
62%

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
$12,021
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$7,123
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$7,250
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,910
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
48%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
57%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
62%

Federal student loans only. Private loans and Parent PLUS loans aren't counted.

Where these numbers come from

Federal college data (IPEDS and College Scorecard).

Updated May 7, 2026Spot a mistake?How we get our numbers