After Washington County Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Calais, Maine · Public · 685 undergrads

The typical student earns $34,407 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $5,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$34.4k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$5,500

median federal debt at graduation.

41%

of borrowers were paying down their loans three years after leaving.

All the federal numbers

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

55%

Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

118

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

14%

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$30,398

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$34,407

Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard

45%

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

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$5,500

Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard

$5,500

Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$5,500

Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard

$5,500

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

41%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

40%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

64%

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

Where these numbers come from