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Associate's Degree•136 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 ($35,425)
P25-P75 Interval ($30,771 - $41,568)
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 ($34,696)
P25-P75 Interval ($30,771 - $41,517)
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 ($34,696)
P25-P75 Interval ($30,771 - $41,517)
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
Central Arizona College
Coolidge
AZ
-
Nat: $35,660
$1,161
/yr
-
-$0
Eastern Arizona College
Thatcher
AZ
-
Nat: $35,660
$9,309
/yr
-
-$0
Glendale Community College
Glendale
AZ
-
Nat: $35,660
$9,688
/yr
-
-$0
Mesa Community College
Mesa
AZ
-
Nat: $35,660
$10,412
/yr
-
-$0
Phoenix College
Phoenix
AZ
-
Nat: $35,660
$10,160
/yr
-
-$0
Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale
AZ
-
Nat: $35,660
$10,569
/yr
-
-$0
Academy of Art University
San Francisco
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$41,747
/yr
-
-$0
American River College
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$5,730
/yr
-
-$0
Antelope Valley Community College District
Lancaster
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$85
/yr
-
-$0
Butte College
Oroville
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$4,734
/yr
-
-$0
Cerritos College
Norwalk
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$1,577
/yr
-
-$0
Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$24,504
/yr
-
-$0
Citrus College
Glendora
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$850
/yr
-
-$0
Cosumnes River College
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$3,676
/yr
-
-$0
Cuesta College
San Luis Obispo
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$5,891
/yr
-
-$0
Fresno City College
Fresno
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$3,839
/yr
-
-$0
Lake Tahoe Community College
South Lake Tahoe
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$10,673
/yr
-
-$0
Los Medanos College
Pittsburg
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$25,231
/yr
-
-$0
Mendocino College
Ukiah
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$11,640
/yr
-
-$0
Mt San Jacinto Community College District
San Jacinto
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$8,198
/yr
-
-$0
Napa Valley College
Napa
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$3,152
/yr
-
-$0
Sacramento City College
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$5,713
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego City College
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$18,693
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$1,693
/yr
-
-$0
Sierra College
Rocklin
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$27,774
/yr
-
-$0
Southwestern College
Chula Vista
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$5,663
/yr
-
-$0
Front Range Community College
Westminster
CO
-
Nat: $35,660
$7,972
/yr
-
-$0
Pikes Peak State College
Colorado Springs
CO
-
Nat: $35,660
$4,709
/yr
-
-$0
Connecticut State Community College
New Britain
CT
-
Nat: $35,660
$9,195
/yr
-
-$0
Daytona State College
Daytona Beach
FL
-
Nat: $35,660
$4,419
/yr
-
-$0
Miami Dade College
Miami
FL
-
Nat: $35,660
$3,814
/yr
-
-$0
Leeward Community College
Pearl City
HI
-
Nat: $35,660
$7,157
/yr
-
-$0
Southwestern Illinois College
Belleville
IL
-
Nat: $35,660
$7,555
/yr
-
-$0
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn
IL
-
Nat: $35,660
$5,165
/yr
-
-$0
Olney
IL
-
Nat: $35,660
$7,211
/yr
-
-$0
Parkland College
Champaign
IL
-
Nat: $35,660
$5,553
/yr
-
-$0
Prairie State College
Chicago Heights
IL
-
Nat: $35,660
$4,220
/yr
-
-$0
Bloomington
IN
-
Nat: $35,660
$16,003
/yr
-
-$0
Iowa Central Community College
Fort Dodge
IA
-
Nat: $35,660
$12,725
/yr
-
-$0
Marshalltown Community College
Marshalltown
IA
-
Nat: $35,660
$7,234
/yr
-
-$0
Haskell Indian Nations University
Lawrence
KS
-
Nat: $35,660
$8,507
/yr
-
-$0
Hutchinson Community College
Hutchinson
KS
-
Nat: $35,660
$3,479
/yr
-
-$0
Howard Community College
Columbia
MD
-
Nat: $35,660
$11,875
/yr
-
-$0
Northern Essex Community College
Haverhill
MA
-
Nat: $35,660
$6,427
/yr
-
-$0
Roxbury Community College
Roxbury Crossing
MA
-
Nat: $35,660
$12,552
/yr
-
-$0
Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Rapids
MI
-
Nat: $35,660
$3,357
/yr
-
-$0
Muskegon Community College
Muskegon
MI
-
Nat: $35,660
$3,531
/yr
-
-$0
Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City
MI
-
Nat: $35,660
$3,926
/yr
-
-$0
Schoolcraft Community College District
Livonia
MI
-
Nat: $35,660
$9,329
/yr
-
-$0
Hinds Community College
Raymond
MS
-
Nat: $35,660
$6,135
/yr
-
-$0
Meridian Community College
Meridian
MS
-
Nat: $35,660
$6,473
/yr
-
-$0
Mineral Area College
Park Hills
MO
-
Nat: $35,660
$9,448
/yr
-
-$0
Brookdale Community College
Lincroft
NJ
-
Nat: $35,660
$11,178
/yr
-
-$0
Camden County College
Blackwood
NJ
-
Nat: $35,660
$2,974
/yr
-
-$0
Mercer County Community College
West Windsor
NJ
-
Nat: $35,660
$7,132
/yr
-
-$0
SUNY Adirondack
Queensbury
NY
-
Nat: $35,660
$11,310
/yr
-
-$0
CUNY Bronx Community College
Bronx
NY
-
Nat: $35,660
$3,613
/yr
-
-$0
Finger Lakes Community College
Canandaigua
NY
-
Nat: $35,660
$13,117
/yr
-
-$0
Onondaga Community College
Syracuse
NY
-
Nat: $35,660
$5,201
/yr
-
-$0
Tompkins Cortland Community College
Dryden
NY
-
Nat: $35,660
$13,637
/yr
-
-$0
Villa Maria College
Buffalo
NY
-
Nat: $35,660
$12,863
/yr
-
-$0
Carteret Community College
Morehead City
NC
-
Nat: $35,660
$9,817
/yr
-
-$0
Catawba Valley Community College
Hickory
NC
-
Nat: $35,660
$6,463
/yr
-
-$0
Central Carolina Community College
Sanford
NC
-
Nat: $35,660
$5,828
/yr
-
-$0
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte
NC
-
Nat: $35,660
$1,741
/yr
-
-$0
Cleveland Community College
Shelby
NC
-
Nat: $35,660
$685
/yr
-
-$0
Gaston College
Dallas
NC
-
Nat: $35,660
$3,981
/yr
-
-$0
Isothermal Community College
Spindale
NC
-
Nat: $35,660
$10,918
/yr
-
-$0
McDowell Technical Community College
Marion
NC
-
Nat: $35,660
$5,562
/yr
-
-$0
Randolph Community College
Asheboro
NC
-
Nat: $35,660
$6,669
/yr
-
-$0
Southeastern Community College
Whiteville
NC
-
Nat: $35,660
$4,352
/yr
-
-$0
Bismarck
ND
-
Nat: $35,660
$9,531
/yr
-
-$0
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
Cincinnati
OH
-
Nat: $35,660
$5,184
/yr
-
-$0
Owens Community College
Perrysburg
OH
-
Nat: $35,660
$10,862
/yr
-
-$0
Lane Community College
Eugene
OR
-
Nat: $35,660
$12,828
/yr
-
-$0
Mt Hood Community College
Gresham
OR
-
Nat: $35,660
$5,233
/yr
-
-$0
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Schnecksville
PA
-
Nat: $35,660
$6,022
/yr
-
-$0
Luzerne County Community College
Nanticoke
PA
-
Nat: $35,660
$10,437
/yr
-
-$0
Montgomery County Community College
Blue Bell
PA
-
Nat: $35,660
$9,221
/yr
-
-$0
Westmoreland County Community College
Youngwood
PA
-
Nat: $35,660
$6,175
/yr
-
-$0
Trident Technical College
Charleston
SC
-
Nat: $35,660
-
/yr
-
-$0
Northeast State Community College
Blountville
TN
-
Nat: $35,660
$5,859
/yr
-
-$0
Amarillo College
Amarillo
TX
-
Nat: $35,660
$8,580
/yr
-
-$0
Angelina College
Lufkin
TX
-
Nat: $35,660
$7,315
/yr
-
-$0
Austin Community College District
Austin
TX
-
Nat: $35,660
$2,445
/yr
-
-$0
Del Mar College
Corpus Christi
TX
-
Nat: $35,660
$5,439
/yr
-
-$0
Dallas College
Dallas
TX
-
Nat: $35,660
$16,414
/yr
-
-$0
San Jacinto Community College
Pasadena
TX
-
Nat: $35,660
$1,807
/yr
-
-$0
Yakima
WA
-
Nat: $35,660
$17,448
/yr
-
-$0
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus
Gurabo
PR
-
Nat: $35,660
$7,134
/yr
-
-$0
Georgia Piedmont Technical College
Clarkston
GA
-
Nat: $35,660
$12,185
/yr
-
-$0
Paradise Valley Community College
Phoenix
AZ
-
Nat: $35,660
$9,868
/yr
-
-$0
Norco College
Norco
CA
-
Nat: $35,660
$27,120
/yr
-
-$0
Spokane Falls Community College
Spokane
WA
$48,625
Nat: $35,660
5yr Post-Grad
$19,537
/yr
-
-$11k
Northeast Community College
Norfolk
NE
$45,059
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$6,395
/yr
-
-$13k
Suffolk County Community College
Selden
NY
$45,181
Nat: $35,660
5yr Post-Grad
$5,315
/yr
-
-$18k
Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park
MN
$45,729
Nat: $35,660
5yr Post-Grad
$16,180
/yr
-
-$33k
Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth
TX
$43,076
Nat: $35,660
5yr Post-Grad
$3,775
/yr
-
-$36k
Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta
GA
$42,997
Nat: $35,660
5yr Post-Grad
$5,227
/yr
-
-$40k
CUNY LaGuardia Community College
Long Island City
NY
$41,517
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$4,184
/yr
-
-$44k
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Minneapolis
MN
$43,668
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$18,418
/yr
-
-$49k
Mount Wachusett Community College
Gardner
MA
$41,790
Nat: $35,660
5yr Post-Grad
$4,452
/yr
-
-$50k
Sioux City
IA
$41,418
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$9,042
/yr
-
-$54k
Tri-County Technical College
Pendleton
SC
$41,568
Nat: $35,660
5yr Post-Grad
$12,368
/yr
-
-$67k
CUNY Queensborough Community College
Bayside
NY
$39,173
Nat: $35,660
5yr Post-Grad
$2,114
/yr
-
-$72k
Community College of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
PA
$40,403
Nat: $35,660
5yr Post-Grad
$11,751
/yr
-
-$77k
Full Sail University
Winter Park
FL
$44,156
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$37,401
/yr
$20,000
-$79k
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York
NY
$37,383
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$2,955
/yr
-
-$84k
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City
UT
$36,824
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$6,144
/yr
$9,538
-$96k
CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Brooklyn
NY
$35,847
Nat: $35,660
5yr Post-Grad
$3,726
/yr
-
-$108k
Forsyth Technical Community College
Winston-Salem
NC
$34,696
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$2,937
/yr
-
-$111k
Northampton County Area Community College
Bethlehem
PA
$36,851
Nat: $35,660
5yr Post-Grad
$12,119
/yr
-
-$114k
Monroe Community College
Rochester
NY
$34,473
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$4,268
/yr
-
-$116k
Vincennes University
Vincennes
IN
$35,421
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$10,093
/yr
-
-$117k
MediaTech Institute-Dallas
Dallas
TX
$36,762
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$18,558
/yr
$20,000
-$119k
Iowa Western Community College
Council Bluffs
IA
$35,425
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$16,324
/yr
-
-$128k
Ohio University-Southern Campus
Ironton
Earnings shared by 4 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.
OH
$33,312
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$6,189
/yr
-
-$131k
Ohio University-Lancaster Campus
Lancaster
Earnings shared by 4 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.
OH
$33,312
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$6,593
/yr
-
-$132k
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus
Zanesville
Earnings shared by 4 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.
OH
$33,312
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$6,596
/yr
-
-$132k
Springfield Technical Community College
Springfield
MA
$31,908
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$2,020
/yr
-
-$138k
Cuyahoga Community College District
Cleveland
OH
$31,872
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$2,652
/yr
-
-$140k
Athens
Earnings shared by 4 Ohio University campuses, which report as one program.
OH
$33,312
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$20,666
/yr
-
-$158k
SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville
Nashville
TN
$33,379
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$24,886
/yr
$20,000
-$165k
Bossier Parish Community College
Bossier City
LA
$30,298
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$8,389
/yr
$23,464
-$166k
Guilford Technical Community College
Jamestown
NC
$31,784
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$17,020
/yr
-
-$167k
Shoreline College
Shoreline
WA
$30,771
Nat: $35,660
2yr Post-Grad
$18,564
/yr
-
-$168k
East Greenwich
RI
$33,442
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$39,333
/yr
-
-$191k
Houston City College
Houston
TX
$27,069
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$4,575
/yr
-
-$193k
Kansas City Kansas Community College
Kansas City
KS
$26,896
Nat: $35,660
2yr Post-Grad
$14,533
/yr
-
-$202k
Hudson Valley Community College
Troy
NY
$25,194
Nat: $34,696
2yr Post-Grad
$8,022
/yr
-
-$208k
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee
WI
$25,194
Nat: $35,660
2yr Post-Grad
$10,493
/yr
$12,000
-$213k
Atlanta Institute of Music and Media
Duluth
GA
$30,099
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$38,064
/yr
$18,292
-$223k
South Plains College
Levelland
TX
$23,649
Nat: $35,660
2yr Post-Grad
$8,697
/yr
-
-$226k
University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College
Blue Ash
OH
$24,035
Nat: $35,660
2yr Post-Grad
$13,910
/yr
-
-$231k
Cincinnati
OH
$24,035
Nat: $35,660
2yr Post-Grad
$24,917
/yr
-
-$252k
Bayamon
PR
$16,707
Nat: $35,660
4yr Post-Grad
$2,044
/yr
-
-$297k
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).