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Undergrad Certificate•99 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 ($34,849)
P25-P75 Interval ($31,219 - $37,065)
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 ($34,313)
P25-P75 Interval ($31,742 - $36,369)
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 ($34,313)
P25-P75 Interval ($31,742 - $36,369)
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
Northeast Community College
Norfolk
NE
$42,499
Nat: $33,223
4yr Post-Grad
$6,395
/yr
-
+$6k
Lawson State Community College
Birmingham
AL
-
Nat: $33,223
$6,248
/yr
-
-$0
Eastern Arizona College
Thatcher
AZ
-
Nat: $33,223
$9,309
/yr
-
-$0
Mesa Community College
Mesa
AZ
-
Nat: $33,223
$10,412
/yr
-
-$0
Phoenix College
Phoenix
AZ
-
Nat: $33,223
$10,160
/yr
-
-$0
Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale
AZ
-
Nat: $33,223
$10,569
/yr
-
-$0
Antelope Valley Community College District
Lancaster
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$85
/yr
-
-$0
Butte College
Oroville
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$4,734
/yr
-
-$0
Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$24,504
/yr
-
-$0
Citrus College
Glendora
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$850
/yr
-
-$0
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$710
/yr
-
-$0
East Los Angeles College
Monterey Park
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$3,737
/yr
-
-$0
Fresno City College
Fresno
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$3,839
/yr
-
-$0
Fullerton College
Fullerton
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$1,302
/yr
-
-$0
Los Medanos College
Pittsburg
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$25,231
/yr
-
-$0
Mendocino College
Ukiah
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$11,640
/yr
-
-$0
Modesto Junior College
Modesto
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$5,954
/yr
-
-$0
Moorpark College
Moorpark
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
-
/yr
-
-$0
Mt San Jacinto Community College District
San Jacinto
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$8,198
/yr
-
-$0
Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$1,850
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$7,224
/yr
-
-$0
Sacramento City College
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$5,713
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego City College
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$18,693
/yr
-
-$0
West Valley College
Saratoga
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$1,033
/yr
-
-$0
Front Range Community College
Westminster
CO
-
Nat: $33,223
$7,972
/yr
-
-$0
Colorado Mesa University
Grand Junction
CO
-
Nat: $33,223
$14,808
/yr
-
-$0
Pikes Peak State College
Colorado Springs
CO
-
Nat: $33,223
$4,709
/yr
-
-$0
Connecticut State Community College
New Britain
CT
-
Nat: $33,223
$9,195
/yr
-
-$0
Daytona State College
Daytona Beach
FL
-
Nat: $33,223
$4,419
/yr
-
-$0
Hillsborough College
Tampa
FL
-
Nat: $33,223
$3,594
/yr
-
-$0
Miami Dade College
Miami
FL
-
Nat: $33,223
$3,814
/yr
-
-$0
Pinellas Technical College-St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
FL
-
Nat: $33,223
$22,071
/yr
-
-$0
William T McFatter Technical College
Davie
FL
-
Nat: $33,223
$8,507
/yr
-
-$0
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College
Valdosta
GA
-
Nat: $33,223
-
/yr
-
-$0
Elgin Community College
Elgin
IL
-
Nat: $33,223
$6,286
/yr
-
-$0
Prairie State College
Chicago Heights
IL
-
Nat: $33,223
$4,220
/yr
-
-$0
Waubonsee Community College
Sugar Grove
IL
-
Nat: $33,223
$2,551
/yr
-
-$0
Bloomington
IN
-
Nat: $33,223
$16,003
/yr
-
-$0
Vincennes University
Vincennes
IN
-
Nat: $33,223
$10,093
/yr
-
-$0
Bossier Parish Community College
Bossier City
LA
-
Nat: $33,223
$8,389
/yr
-
-$0
Montgomery College
Rockville
MD
-
Nat: $33,223
$14,317
/yr
-
-$0
Northern Essex Community College
Haverhill
MA
-
Nat: $33,223
$6,427
/yr
-
-$0
Roxbury Community College
Roxbury Crossing
MA
-
Nat: $33,223
$12,552
/yr
-
-$0
Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Rapids
MI
-
Nat: $33,223
$3,357
/yr
-
-$0
Henry Ford College
Dearborn
MI
-
Nat: $33,223
$317
/yr
-
-$0
Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City
MI
-
Nat: $33,223
$3,926
/yr
-
-$0
Schoolcraft Community College District
Livonia
MI
-
Nat: $33,223
$9,329
/yr
-
-$0
Lake Superior College
Duluth
MN
-
Nat: $33,223
$17,272
/yr
-
-$0
Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park
MN
-
Nat: $33,223
$16,180
/yr
-
-$0
Ridgewater College
Willmar
MN
-
Nat: $33,223
$17,043
/yr
-
-$0
Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center
Cape Girardeau
MO
-
Nat: $33,223
$16,881
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe
NM
-
Nat: $33,223
$6,863
/yr
-
-$0
Niagara County Community College
Sanborn
NY
-
Nat: $33,223
$8,745
/yr
-
-$0
Carteret Community College
Morehead City
NC
-
Nat: $33,223
$9,817
/yr
-
-$0
Catawba Valley Community College
Hickory
NC
-
Nat: $33,223
$6,463
/yr
-
-$0
Central Carolina Community College
Sanford
NC
-
Nat: $33,223
$5,828
/yr
-
-$0
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte
NC
-
Nat: $33,223
$1,741
/yr
-
-$0
Cleveland Community College
Shelby
NC
-
Nat: $33,223
$685
/yr
-
-$0
Forsyth Technical Community College
Winston-Salem
NC
-
Nat: $33,223
$2,937
/yr
-
-$0
Gaston College
Dallas
NC
-
Nat: $33,223
$3,981
/yr
-
-$0
Isothermal Community College
Spindale
NC
-
Nat: $33,223
$10,918
/yr
-
-$0
McDowell Technical Community College
Marion
NC
-
Nat: $33,223
$5,562
/yr
-
-$0
Southeastern Community College
Whiteville
NC
-
Nat: $33,223
$4,352
/yr
-
-$0
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City
OR
-
Nat: $33,223
$9,041
/yr
-
-$0
Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg
PA
-
Nat: $33,223
$10,627
/yr
-
-$0
Westmoreland County Community College
Youngwood
PA
-
Nat: $33,223
$6,175
/yr
-
-$0
Trident Technical College
Charleston
SC
-
Nat: $33,223
-
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia State Community College
Columbia
TN
-
Nat: $33,223
$6,793
/yr
-
-$0
Northeast State Community College
Blountville
TN
-
Nat: $33,223
$5,859
/yr
-
-$0
Austin Community College District
Austin
TX
-
Nat: $33,223
$2,445
/yr
-
-$0
Houston City College
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $33,223
$4,575
/yr
-
-$0
San Jacinto Community College
Pasadena
TX
-
Nat: $33,223
$1,807
/yr
-
-$0
South Plains College
Levelland
TX
-
Nat: $33,223
$8,697
/yr
-
-$0
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City
UT
-
Nat: $33,223
$6,144
/yr
-
-$0
Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale
VA
-
Nat: $33,223
$5,880
/yr
-
-$0
Virginia Peninsula Community College
Hampton
VA
-
Nat: $33,223
$6,830
/yr
-
-$0
Edmonds College
Lynnwood
WA
-
Nat: $33,223
$24,646
/yr
-
-$0
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee
WI
-
Nat: $33,223
$10,493
/yr
-
-$0
Francis Tuttle Technology Center
Oklahoma City
OK
-
Nat: $33,223
-
/yr
-
-$0
Central Technology Center
Drumright
OK
-
Nat: $33,223
$1,418
/yr
-
-$0
Norco College
Norco
CA
-
Nat: $33,223
$27,120
/yr
-
-$0
Bangor
ME
-
Nat: $33,223
$22,146
/yr
-
-$0
Tulsa Technology Center
Tulsa
OK
-
Nat: $33,223
$8,334
/yr
-
-$0
Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth
TX
$42,333
Nat: $33,223
5yr Post-Grad
$3,775
/yr
-
-$3k
Sioux City
IA
$37,065
Nat: $33,223
4yr Post-Grad
$9,042
/yr
-
-$57k
Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences
Tempe
AZ
$37,556
Nat: $33,223
4yr Post-Grad
$23,250
/yr
$7,924
-$64k
Hinds Community College
Raymond
MS
$36,369
Nat: $33,223
5yr Post-Grad
$6,135
/yr
-
-$69k
Spokane Falls Community College
Spokane
WA
$34,849
Nat: $33,223
4yr Post-Grad
$19,537
/yr
-
-$91k
Full Sail University
Winter Park
FL
$36,188
Nat: $33,223
4yr Post-Grad
$37,401
/yr
$8,312
-$93k
MediaTech Institute-Dallas
Dallas
TX
$34,909
Nat: $33,223
5yr Post-Grad
$18,558
/yr
-
-$97k
York Technical College
Rock Hill
SC
$31,942
Nat: $33,223
4yr Post-Grad
$4,979
/yr
-
-$110k
SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville
Nashville
TN
$31,742
Nat: $33,223
4yr Post-Grad
$24,886
/yr
$9,500
-$130k
Hollywood
CA
$34,313
Nat: $33,223
4yr Post-Grad
$57,321
/yr
-
-$132k
Dallas College
Dallas
TX
$31,219
Nat: $33,223
5yr Post-Grad
$16,414
/yr
-
-$135k
Amarillo College
Amarillo
TX
$29,351
Nat: $33,223
4yr Post-Grad
$8,580
/yr
-
-$142k
Liceo de Arte y Tecnologia
San Juan
PR
$22,331
Nat: $33,223
4yr Post-Grad
$12,181
/yr
$9,906
-$224k
Bayamon
PR
$13,156
Nat: $33,223
4yr Post-Grad
$2,044
/yr
-
-$321k
Rockville
MD
$31,929
Nat: $33,223
4yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
$5,500Cost not reported
Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology
Orlando
FL
$33,711
Nat: $33,223
4yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
$11,495Cost not reported
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).