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Associate's Degree•103 Institutions

Completers Only: Federal median earnings data strictly reflects outcomes for students who successfully graduated. Students who do not complete their degree typically earn significantly less and face higher risks of debt default.

Annual Full Cost vs. Median Earnings

Each dot represents one program at an institution. Shows the spread of annual sticker price (or net price if sticker price is unavailable) vs earnings 4 years post-grad.

Field Median ($60,787)
P25-P75 Interval ($60,787 - $60,787)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Breakeven Line (0% ROI)

SAT Average vs. Median Earnings

Each dot represents one program at an institution, plotted by that institution's average SAT score. SAT scores describe the school's undergraduate admissions overall, not this program, and come from enrollees who submitted scores.

Overall Median ($60,787)
P25-P75 Interval ($60,787 - $60,787)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Column median
No trend line: fewer than 30 schools on the axis

Acceptance Rate vs. Median Earnings

Each dot represents one program at an institution, plotted by that institution's undergraduate acceptance rate, with the most selective schools on the right. Schools without a reported rate are grouped on the left.

Overall Median ($60,787)
P25-P75 Interval ($60,787 - $60,787)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Column median
No trend line: fewer than 30 schools on the axis

These figures are medians for past graduates who received federal aid. Your cost and pay will differ. Run your own numbers in the Guided ROI Interview →

Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
Austin Community College District
Austin
TX
$60,787
Nat: $51,597
4yr Post-Grad
$2,445
/yr
-
+$149k
Central Arizona College
Coolidge
AZ
-
Nat: $51,597
$1,161
/yr
-
-$0
Cochise County Community College District
Sierra Vista
AZ
-
Nat: $51,597
$7,684
/yr
-
-$0
Mohave Community College
Kingman
AZ
-
Nat: $51,597
$5,999
/yr
-
-$0
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
Magnolia
AR
-
Nat: $51,597
$16,015
/yr
-
-$0
Antelope Valley Community College District
Lancaster
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$85
/yr
-
-$0
Bakersfield College
Bakersfield
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$4,330
/yr
-
-$0
Butte College
Oroville
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$4,734
/yr
-
-$0
Cerritos College
Norwalk
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$1,577
/yr
-
-$0
Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$24,504
/yr
-
-$0
Evergreen Valley College
San Jose
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$9,375
/yr
-
-$0
Foothill College
Los Altos Hills
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$2,851
/yr
-
-$0
Hartnell College
Salinas
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
-
/yr
-
-$0
Imperial Valley College
Imperial
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$1,562
/yr
-
-$0
Irvine Valley College
Irvine
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$21,874
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles Harbor College
Wilmington
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$2,680
/yr
-
-$0
Los Medanos College
Pittsburg
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$25,231
/yr
-
-$0
Merced College
Merced
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$714
/yr
-
-$0
Ohlone College
Fremont
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$6,828
/yr
-
-$0
Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$1,850
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$7,224
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego City College
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$18,693
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego Mesa College
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$21,767
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego Miramar College
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$21,008
/yr
-
-$0
San Jose City College
San Jose
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$15,965
/yr
-
-$0
College of San Mateo
San Mateo
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
-
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$6,765
/yr
-
-$0
San Bernardino Valley College
San Bernardino
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$17,782
/yr
-
-$0
Solano Community College
Fairfield
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$2,905
/yr
-
-$0
Andrew College
Cuthbert
GA
-
Nat: $51,597
$23,067
/yr
-
-$0
East Georgia State College
Swainsboro
GA
-
Nat: $51,597
$6,673
/yr
-
-$0
Gordon State College
Barnesville
GA
-
Nat: $51,597
$8,779
/yr
-
-$0
College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls
ID
-
Nat: $51,597
$9,371
/yr
-
-$0
Kankakee Community College
Kankakee
IL
-
Nat: $51,597
$3,419
/yr
-
-$0
Prairie State College
Chicago Heights
IL
-
Nat: $51,597
$4,220
/yr
-
-$0
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne
IN
-
Nat: $51,597
$12,471
/yr
$16,750
-$0
Fort Wayne
IN
-
Nat: $51,597
$18,211
/yr
-
-$0
Vincennes University
Vincennes
IN
-
Nat: $51,597
$10,093
/yr
-
-$0
Bunker Hill Community College
Boston
MA
-
Nat: $51,597
$5,976
/yr
-
-$0
Greenfield Community College
Greenfield
MA
-
Nat: $51,597
$7,949
/yr
-
-$0
Holyoke Community College
Holyoke
MA
-
Nat: $51,597
$6,427
/yr
-
-$0
Massasoit Community College
Brockton
MA
-
Nat: $51,597
$6,492
/yr
-
-$0
Mount Wachusett Community College
Gardner
MA
-
Nat: $51,597
$4,452
/yr
-
-$0
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester
MA
-
Nat: $51,597
$6,588
/yr
-
-$0
Henry Ford College
Dearborn
MI
-
Nat: $51,597
$317
/yr
-
-$0
Lansing Community College
Lansing
MI
-
Nat: $51,597
$5,292
/yr
-
-$0
Monroe County Community College
Monroe
MI
-
Nat: $51,597
$4,044
/yr
-
-$0
Inver Hills Community College
Inver Grove Heights
MN
-
Nat: $51,597
$19,451
/yr
-
-$0
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Minneapolis
MN
-
Nat: $51,597
$18,418
/yr
-
-$0
North Hennepin Community College
Brooklyn Park
MN
-
Nat: $51,597
$19,985
/yr
-
-$0
Normandale Community College
Bloomington
MN
-
Nat: $51,597
$18,780
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Paul College
Saint Paul
MN
-
Nat: $51,597
$17,954
/yr
-
-$0
Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Wesson
MS
-
Nat: $51,597
$3,733
/yr
-
-$0
East Mississippi Community College
Scooba
MS
-
Nat: $51,597
$3,276
/yr
-
-$0
Holmes Community College
Goodman
MS
-
Nat: $51,597
$6,993
/yr
-
-$0
Itawamba Community College
Fulton
MS
-
Nat: $51,597
$2,729
/yr
-
-$0
Mississippi Delta Community College
Moorhead
MS
-
Nat: $51,597
$36
/yr
-
-$0
Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield
MO
-
Nat: $51,597
$15,488
/yr
-
-$0
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
Kansas City
MO
-
Nat: $51,597
$9,851
/yr
-
-$0
State Fair Community College
Sedalia
MO
-
Nat: $51,597
$9,656
/yr
-
-$0
College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas
NV
-
Nat: $51,597
$6,016
/yr
-
-$0
Atlantic Cape Community College
Mays Landing
NJ
-
Nat: $51,597
$11,791
/yr
-
-$0
Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus
Vineland
NJ
-
Nat: $51,597
$12,974
/yr
-
-$0
Essex County College
Newark
NJ
-
Nat: $51,597
$6,242
/yr
-
-$0
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus
Sewell
NJ
-
Nat: $51,597
$14,281
/yr
-
-$0
UCNJ Union College of Union County New Jersey
Cranford
NJ
-
Nat: $51,597
$5,248
/yr
-
-$0
San Juan College
Farmington
NM
-
Nat: $51,597
$2,104
/yr
-
-$0
CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Brooklyn
NY
-
Nat: $51,597
$3,726
/yr
-
-$0
CUNY Queensborough Community College
Bayside
NY
-
Nat: $51,597
$2,114
/yr
-
-$0
Monroe Community College
Rochester
NY
-
Nat: $51,597
$4,268
/yr
-
-$0
Cincinnati
OH
-
Nat: $51,597
$24,917
/yr
-
-$0
University of Cincinnati-Clermont College
Batavia
OH
-
Nat: $51,597
$11,449
/yr
-
-$0
University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College
Blue Ash
OH
-
Nat: $51,597
$13,910
/yr
-
-$0
Owens Community College
Perrysburg
OH
-
Nat: $51,597
$10,862
/yr
-
-$0
Sinclair Community College
Dayton
OH
-
Nat: $51,597
$5,245
/yr
-
-$0
Stark State College
North Canton
OH
-
Nat: $51,597
$5,670
/yr
-
-$0
Wright State University-Main Campus
Dayton
OH
-
Nat: $51,597
$13,715
/yr
-
-$0
Wright State University-Lake Campus
Celina
OH
-
Nat: $51,597
$9,533
/yr
-
-$0
Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma City
OK
-
Nat: $51,597
$5,160
/yr
-
-$0
Linn-Benton Community College
Albany
OR
-
Nat: $51,597
$11,308
/yr
-
-$0
Mt Hood Community College
Gresham
OR
-
Nat: $51,597
$5,233
/yr
-
-$0
Southwestern Oregon Community College
Coos Bay
OR
-
Nat: $51,597
$7,455
/yr
-
-$0
Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
PA
-
Nat: $51,597
$9,510
/yr
-
-$0
Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg
PA
-
Nat: $51,597
$10,627
/yr
-
-$0
Luzerne County Community College
Nanticoke
PA
-
Nat: $51,597
$10,437
/yr
-
-$0
Northampton County Area Community College
Bethlehem
PA
-
Nat: $51,597
$12,119
/yr
-
-$0
Community College of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
PA
-
Nat: $51,597
$11,751
/yr
-
-$0
York
PA
-
Nat: $51,597
$21,886
/yr
-
-$0
Amarillo College
Amarillo
TX
-
Nat: $51,597
$8,580
/yr
-
-$0
Blinn College District
Brenham
TX
-
Nat: $51,597
$9,773
/yr
-
-$0
Del Mar College
Corpus Christi
TX
-
Nat: $51,597
$5,439
/yr
-
-$0
El Paso Community College
El Paso
TX
-
Nat: $51,597
$6,869
/yr
-
-$0
Lee College
Baytown
TX
-
Nat: $51,597
$6,744
/yr
-
-$0
Navarro College
Corsicana
TX
-
Nat: $51,597
$15,500
/yr
-
-$0
Paris Junior College
Paris
TX
-
Nat: $51,597
$11,063
/yr
-
-$0
Temple College
Temple
TX
-
Nat: $51,597
$8,451
/yr
-
-$0
Tyler Junior College
Tyler
TX
-
Nat: $51,597
$7,080
/yr
-
-$0
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City
UT
-
Nat: $51,597
$6,144
/yr
-
-$0
Casper College
Casper
WY
-
Nat: $51,597
$8,870
/yr
-
-$0
Western Wyoming Community College
Rock Springs
WY
-
Nat: $51,597
$10,352
/yr
-
-$0
St Charles Community College
Cottleville
MO
-
Nat: $51,597
$7,871
/yr
-
-$0
Santiago Canyon College
Orange
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$2,040
/yr
-
-$0
Norco College
Norco
CA
-
Nat: $51,597
$27,120
/yr
-
-$0
Analysis Notes:
  • Lifetime Value Added: Net Present Value (NPV) of estimated career earnings relative to a median high school graduate, accounting for this institution's average cost and taxes.
  • Avg Net Price: The average price paid by students who receive federal financial aid (grants/loans).