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After West Virginia Northern Community College: graduation, pay and debt

Wheeling, West Virginia · Public · 1,263 undergrads

The typical student earns $30,162 ten years after starting and graduates leave with $10,245 in federal loans at the median.

The short answers

$30.2k
median pay 10 years after starting college.
$10.2k
median federal debt at graduation.
31%
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
30%
Earned a degree or certificate here within eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
35%
Still enrolled here after eight yearsIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
20%
Students in that eight-year groupIPEDS, full-time students who started in 2015
327
Transferred to another collegeCollege Scorecard
12%

Pay after college

Median pay 6 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$31,298
Median pay 8 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$30,147
Median pay 10 years after starting collegeCollege Scorecard
$30,162
Earning more than $25,000 six years after startingCollege Scorecard
38%

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
$10,245
Median federal debt, everyone who borrowed (finished or not)College Scorecard
$6,000
Median federal debt, students with a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$5,935
Median federal debt, students without a Pell GrantCollege Scorecard
$6,500
Paying down their loans 3 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
31%
Paying down their loans 5 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
34%
Paying down their loans 7 years after leavingCollege Scorecard
38%

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