After Wayne Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Goldsboro, North Carolina · Public · 2,883 undergrads

The typical student earns $34,148 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $6,500 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$34.1k

median pay 10 years after starting college.

$6,500

median federal debt at graduation.

29%

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

All the federal numbers

Finished a two-year program within three yearsCollege Scorecard

51%

Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015

50%

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

16%

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

485

Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard

9.9%

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$31,900

Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$35,000

Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard

$34,148

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.

Median federal debt, students who graduatedCollege Scorecard

$6,500

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

$5,875

Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

29%

Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

37%

Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard

48%

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

Where these numbers come from