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After St Cloud Technical and Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Saint Cloud, Minnesota · Public · 3,565 undergrads

The typical student earns $46,874 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $12,000 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$46.9k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$12k
median federal debt at graduation.
52%
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
38%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
34%
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
613
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
17%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$42,307
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$45,943
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$46,874
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
66%

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
$12,000
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$8,265
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$8,930
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,825
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
52%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
58%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
68%

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