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After Wayne County Schools Career Center: graduation, pay and debt

Smithville, Ohio · Public · 90 undergrads

The typical student earns $42,774 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $7,574 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$42.8k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$7,574
median federal debt at graduation.
50%
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
75%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$39,934
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$39,144
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$42,774
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
51%

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
$7,574
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$5,500
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,602
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
50%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
56%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
57%

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