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After Virginia Highlands Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Abingdon, Virginia · Public · 2,052 undergrads

The typical student earns $32,681 ten years after starting.

The short answers

$32.7k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
All the federal numbers

Finishing

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard
43%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
42%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
13%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
366
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
15%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$31,926
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$34,356
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$32,681
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
41%

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