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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 ($42,554)
P25-P75 Interval ($35,060 - $58,242)
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 ($41,369)
P25-P75 Interval ($32,664 - $58,242)
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 ($41,369)
P25-P75 Interval ($32,664 - $58,242)
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
College of Western Idaho
Nampa
ID
$60,808
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
$11,193
/yr
-
+$196k
Hunter Business School
Levittown
NY
$61,580
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
$24,975
/yr
$8,440
+$191k
Southern Careers Institute-Austin
Austin
Earnings shared by 2 Southern Careers Institute campuses, which report as one program.
TX
$61,865
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
$28,255
/yr
$7,760
+$191k
Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio
San Antonio
Earnings shared by 2 Southern Careers Institute campuses, which report as one program.
TX
$61,865
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
$29,831
/yr
$7,760
+$190k
University of Phoenix-Arizona
Phoenix
AZ
$58,242
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
$13,916
/yr
-
+$167k
Ogden-Weber Technical College
Ogden
UT
$47,690
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
-
+$68k
Davis Technical College
Kaysville
UT
$47,382
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
$9,899
/yr
-
+$55k
Enterprise State Community College
Enterprise
AL
-
Nat: $41,400
$8,461
/yr
-
-$0
Tempe
AZ
-
Nat: $41,400
$14,694
/yr
$14,500
-$0
Central Arizona College
Coolidge
AZ
-
Nat: $41,400
$1,161
/yr
-
-$0
Mesa Community College
Mesa
AZ
-
Nat: $41,400
$10,412
/yr
-
-$0
Mohave Community College
Kingman
AZ
-
Nat: $41,400
$5,999
/yr
-
-$0
Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale
AZ
-
Nat: $41,400
$10,569
/yr
-
-$0
Batesville
AR
-
Nat: $41,400
$5,456
/yr
-
-$0
South Arkansas College
El Dorado
AR
-
Nat: $41,400
$5,607
/yr
-
-$0
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
Fort Smith
AR
-
Nat: $41,400
$9,653
/yr
-
-$0
Antelope Valley Community College District
Lancaster
CA
-
Nat: $41,400
$85
/yr
-
-$0
Cabrillo College
Aptos
CA
-
Nat: $41,400
$17,735
/yr
-
-$0
Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga
CA
-
Nat: $41,400
$24,504
/yr
-
-$0
Coastline Community College
Fountain Valley
CA
-
Nat: $41,400
$12,259
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Desert
Palm Desert
CA
-
Nat: $41,400
$17,769
/yr
-
-$0
Fresno City College
Fresno
CA
-
Nat: $41,400
$3,839
/yr
-
-$0
Gavilan College
Gilroy
CA
-
Nat: $41,400
$22,074
/yr
-
-$0
Imperial Valley College
Imperial
CA
-
Nat: $41,400
$1,562
/yr
-
-$0
Modesto Junior College
Modesto
CA
-
Nat: $41,400
$5,954
/yr
-
-$0
Ohlone College
Fremont
CA
-
Nat: $41,400
$6,828
/yr
-
-$0
Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa
CA
-
Nat: $41,400
$1,850
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana
CA
-
Nat: $41,400
$7,224
/yr
-
-$0
Riverside City College
Riverside
CA
-
Nat: $41,400
$24,678
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego Mesa College
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $41,400
$21,767
/yr
-
-$0
West Valley College
Saratoga
CA
-
Nat: $41,400
$1,033
/yr
-
-$0
Community College of Aurora
Aurora
CO
-
Nat: $41,400
$3,714
/yr
-
-$0
Red Rocks Community College
Lakewood
CO
-
Nat: $41,400
$5,311
/yr
-
-$0
Connecticut State Community College
New Britain
CT
-
Nat: $41,400
$9,195
/yr
-
-$0
Atlantic Technical College
Coconut Creek
FL
-
Nat: $41,400
$14,033
/yr
-
-$0
Daytona State College
Daytona Beach
FL
-
Nat: $41,400
$4,419
/yr
-
-$0
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Jacksonville
FL
-
Nat: $41,400
$8,717
/yr
-
-$0
Indian River State College
Fort Pierce
FL
-
Nat: $41,400
$2,617
/yr
-
-$0
Florida Gateway College
Lake City
FL
-
Nat: $41,400
$4,420
/yr
-
-$0
Lively Technical College
Tallahassee
FL
-
Nat: $41,400
$8,792
/yr
-
-$0
Manatee Technical College
Bradenton
FL
-
Nat: $41,400
-
/yr
-
-$0
Miami Dade College
Miami
FL
-
Nat: $41,400
$3,814
/yr
-
-$0
Northwest Florida State College
Niceville
FL
-
Nat: $41,400
$3,738
/yr
-
-$0
Orange Technical College
Orlando
FL
-
Nat: $41,400
$11,952
/yr
-
-$0
Palm Beach State College
Lake Worth
FL
-
Nat: $41,400
$8,820
/yr
-
-$0
Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater
Clearwater
FL
-
Nat: $41,400
$12,546
/yr
-
-$0
Seminole State College of Florida
Sanford
FL
-
Nat: $41,400
$3,904
/yr
-
-$0
Sheridan Technical College
Hollywood
FL
-
Nat: $41,400
$8,092
/yr
-
-$0
William T McFatter Technical College
Davie
FL
-
Nat: $41,400
$8,507
/yr
-
-$0
Columbus State University
Columbus
GA
-
Nat: $41,400
$15,711
/yr
-
-$0
Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Rome
GA
-
Nat: $41,400
$4,043
/yr
-
-$0
Gwinnett Technical College
Lawrenceville
GA
-
Nat: $41,400
$15,675
/yr
-
-$0
Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta
GA
-
Nat: $41,400
$5,227
/yr
-
-$0
North Georgia Technical College
Clarkesville
GA
-
Nat: $41,400
$4,597
/yr
-
-$0
University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo
HI
-
Nat: $41,400
$10,599
/yr
-
-$0
Leeward Community College
Pearl City
HI
-
Nat: $41,400
$7,157
/yr
-
-$0
College of Eastern Idaho
Idaho Falls
ID
-
Nat: $41,400
$5,384
/yr
-
-$0
College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls
ID
-
Nat: $41,400
$9,371
/yr
-
-$0
Southwestern Illinois College
Belleville
IL
-
Nat: $41,400
$7,555
/yr
-
-$0
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $41,400
$7,250
/yr
-
-$0
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn
IL
-
Nat: $41,400
$5,165
/yr
-
-$0
Kankakee Community College
Kankakee
IL
-
Nat: $41,400
$3,419
/yr
-
-$0
College of Lake County
Grayslake
IL
-
Nat: $41,400
$7,280
/yr
-
-$0
Mattoon
IL
-
Nat: $41,400
$5,445
/yr
-
-$0
Godfrey
IL
-
Nat: $41,400
$4,998
/yr
-
-$0
Lincoln Land Community College
Springfield
IL
-
Nat: $41,400
$3,659
/yr
-
-$0
McHenry County College
Crystal Lake
IL
-
Nat: $41,400
$11,434
/yr
-
-$0
Moraine Valley Community College
Palos Hills
IL
-
Nat: $41,400
$3,887
/yr
-
-$0
Morton College
Cicero
IL
-
Nat: $41,400
$6,075
/yr
-
-$0
Oakton College
Des Plaines
IL
-
Nat: $41,400
$3,948
/yr
-
-$0
Prairie State College
Chicago Heights
IL
-
Nat: $41,400
$4,220
/yr
-
-$0
Waubonsee Community College
Sugar Grove
IL
-
Nat: $41,400
$2,551
/yr
-
-$0
William Rainey Harper College
Palatine
IL
-
Nat: $41,400
$10,058
/yr
-
-$0
Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis
IN
-
Nat: $41,400
$5,673
/yr
-
-$0
Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny
IA
-
Nat: $41,400
$7,005
/yr
-
-$0
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
IA
-
Nat: $41,400
$12,073
/yr
-
-$0
Johnson County Community College
Overland Park
KS
-
Nat: $41,400
$12,359
/yr
-
-$0
Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Lexington
KY
-
Nat: $41,400
$1,638
/yr
$12,528
-$0
Delgado Community College
New Orleans
LA
-
Nat: $41,400
$11,939
/yr
-
-$0
Prince George's Community College
Largo
MD
-
Nat: $41,400
$9,310
/yr
-
-$0
Boston
MA
-
Nat: $41,400
$47,587
/yr
-
-$0
Bunker Hill Community College
Boston
MA
-
Nat: $41,400
$5,976
/yr
-
-$0
Greenfield Community College
Greenfield
MA
-
Nat: $41,400
$7,949
/yr
-
-$0
Mount Wachusett Community College
Gardner
MA
-
Nat: $41,400
$4,452
/yr
-
-$0
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester
MA
-
Nat: $41,400
$6,588
/yr
-
-$0
Mott Community College
Flint
MI
-
Nat: $41,400
$9,438
/yr
-
-$0
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Kalamazoo
MI
-
Nat: $41,400
$2,461
/yr
-
-$0
Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City
MI
-
Nat: $41,400
$3,926
/yr
-
-$0
Schoolcraft Community College District
Livonia
MI
-
Nat: $41,400
$9,329
/yr
-
-$0
Washtenaw Community College
Ann Arbor
MI
-
Nat: $41,400
$3,143
/yr
-
-$0
Wayne County Community College District
Detroit
MI
-
Nat: $41,400
$5,268
/yr
-
-$0
Riverland Community College
Austin
MN
-
Nat: $41,400
$14,434
/yr
-
-$0
Dakota County Technical College
Rosemount
MN
-
Nat: $41,400
$20,329
/yr
-
-$0
Lake Superior College
Duluth
MN
-
Nat: $41,400
$17,272
/yr
-
-$0
Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park
MN
-
Nat: $41,400
$16,180
/yr
-
-$0
South Central College
North Mankato
MN
-
Nat: $41,400
$12,198
/yr
-
-$0
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Minneapolis
MN
-
Nat: $41,400
$18,418
/yr
-
-$0
North Hennepin Community College
Brooklyn Park
MN
-
Nat: $41,400
$19,985
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Paul College
Saint Paul
MN
-
Nat: $41,400
$17,954
/yr
-
-$0
Century College
White Bear Lake
MN
-
Nat: $41,400
$14,725
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Louis Community College
Bridgeton
MO
-
Nat: $41,400
$2,967
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Louis
MO
-
Nat: $41,400
$26,955
/yr
-
-$0
Omaha
NE
-
Nat: $41,400
$12,898
/yr
-
-$0
Bergen Community College
Paramus
NJ
-
Nat: $41,400
$10,158
/yr
-
-$0
Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus
Vineland
NJ
-
Nat: $41,400
$12,974
/yr
-
-$0
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus
Sewell
NJ
-
Nat: $41,400
$14,281
/yr
-
-$0
Hudson County Community College
Jersey City
NJ
-
Nat: $41,400
$6,999
/yr
-
-$0
Passaic County Community College
Paterson
NJ
-
Nat: $41,400
$2,835
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia-Greene Community College
Hudson
NY
-
Nat: $41,400
$3,434
/yr
-
-$0
Erie Community College
Buffalo
NY
-
Nat: $41,400
$10,988
/yr
-
-$0
North Country Community College
Saranac Lake
NY
-
Nat: $41,400
$12,639
/yr
-
-$0
The College of Westchester
White Plains
NY
-
Nat: $41,400
$17,774
/yr
-
-$0
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Asheville
NC
-
Nat: $41,400
$8,652
/yr
-
-$0
Sandhills Community College
Pinehurst
NC
-
Nat: $41,400
$6,345
/yr
-
-$0
Surry Community College
Dobson
NC
-
Nat: $41,400
$417
/yr
-
-$0
Bismarck
ND
-
Nat: $41,400
$9,531
/yr
-
-$0
Valley City
ND
-
Nat: $41,400
$13,748
/yr
-
-$0
Cincinnati
OH
-
Nat: $41,400
$24,917
/yr
-
-$0
Cuyahoga Community College District
Cleveland
OH
-
Nat: $41,400
$2,652
/yr
-
-$0
Marion Technical College
Marion
OH
-
Nat: $41,400
$6,851
/yr
-
-$0
Owens Community College
Perrysburg
OH
-
Nat: $41,400
$10,862
/yr
-
-$0
Stark State College
North Canton
OH
-
Nat: $41,400
$5,670
/yr
-
-$0
Lane Community College
Eugene
OR
-
Nat: $41,400
$12,828
/yr
-
-$0
Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
PA
-
Nat: $41,400
$9,510
/yr
-
-$0
Bucks County Community College
Newtown
PA
-
Nat: $41,400
$5,431
/yr
-
-$0
Delaware County Community College
Media
PA
-
Nat: $41,400
$6,983
/yr
-
-$0
Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg
PA
-
Nat: $41,400
$10,627
/yr
-
-$0
Lackawanna College
Scranton
PA
-
Nat: $41,400
$19,225
/yr
-
-$0
Luzerne County Community College
Nanticoke
PA
-
Nat: $41,400
$10,437
/yr
-
-$0
Westmoreland County Community College
Youngwood
PA
-
Nat: $41,400
$6,175
/yr
-
-$0
Dakota State University
Madison
SD
-
Nat: $41,400
$20,554
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Mainland
Texas City
TX
-
Nat: $41,400
$447
/yr
-
-$0
Bridgerland Technical College
Logan
UT
-
Nat: $41,400
$2,759
/yr
-
-$0
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City
UT
-
Nat: $41,400
$6,144
/yr
-
-$0
Champlain College
Burlington
VT
-
Nat: $41,400
$39,617
/yr
$22,073
-$0
Vermont State University
Randolph
VT
-
Nat: $41,400
$22,358
/yr
-
-$0
Danville Community College
Danville
VA
-
Nat: $41,400
$4,767
/yr
-
-$0
Brightpoint Community College
Chester
VA
-
Nat: $41,400
$4,793
/yr
-
-$0
Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale
VA
-
Nat: $41,400
$5,880
/yr
-
-$0
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Charlottesville
VA
-
Nat: $41,400
$9,613
/yr
-
-$0
Rappahannock Community College
Glenns
VA
-
Nat: $41,400
$5,014
/yr
-
-$0
Virginia Peninsula Community College
Hampton
VA
-
Nat: $41,400
$6,830
/yr
-
-$0
Tidewater Community College
Norfolk
VA
-
Nat: $41,400
$11,681
/yr
-
-$0
Virginia Western Community College
Roanoke
VA
-
Nat: $41,400
$4,912
/yr
-
-$0
Bellevue College
Bellevue
WA
-
Nat: $41,400
$18,271
/yr
-
-$0
Edmonds College
Lynnwood
WA
-
Nat: $41,400
$24,646
/yr
-
-$0
Everett Community College
Everett
WA
-
Nat: $41,400
$18,421
/yr
-
-$0
Highline College
Des Moines
WA
-
Nat: $41,400
$18,053
/yr
-
-$0
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Kirkland
WA
-
Nat: $41,400
$25,594
/yr
-
-$0
Seattle Central College
Seattle
WA
-
Nat: $41,400
$21,132
/yr
-
-$0
Spokane Community College
Spokane
WA
-
Nat: $41,400
$20,482
/yr
$10,500
-$0
Tacoma Community College
Tacoma
WA
-
Nat: $41,400
$19,206
/yr
-
-$0
College Place
WA
-
Nat: $41,400
$27,786
/yr
-
-$0
Wenatchee
WA
-
Nat: $41,400
$16,742
/yr
-
-$0
Madison Area Technical College
Madison
WI
-
Nat: $41,400
$11,919
/yr
-
-$0
Northcentral Technical College
Wausau
WI
-
Nat: $41,400
$12,582
/yr
-
-$0
Milwaukee
WI
-
Nat: $41,400
$15,625
/yr
-
-$0
Western Wyoming Community College
Rock Springs
WY
-
Nat: $41,400
$10,352
/yr
-
-$0
Georgia Piedmont Technical College
Clarkston
GA
-
Nat: $41,400
$12,185
/yr
-
-$0
Francis Tuttle Technology Center
Oklahoma City
OK
-
Nat: $41,400
-
/yr
-
-$0
Collin County Community College District
McKinney
TX
-
Nat: $41,400
$10,747
/yr
-
-$0
Metro Technology Centers
Oklahoma City
OK
-
Nat: $41,400
$4,635
/yr
-
-$0
Southeastern Technical College
Vidalia
GA
-
Nat: $41,400
$7,570
/yr
-
-$0
Estrella Mountain Community College
Avondale
AZ
-
Nat: $41,400
$9,789
/yr
-
-$0
Heartland Community College
Normal
IL
-
Nat: $41,400
$15,472
/yr
-
-$0
Clinton Essex Warren Washington BOCES
Plattsburgh
NY
-
Nat: $41,400
$15,988
/yr
-
-$0
Mid-America Technology Center
Wayne
OK
-
Nat: $41,400
-
/yr
-
-$0
Wes Watkins Technology Center
Wetumka
OK
-
Nat: $41,400
$10,754
/yr
-
-$0
Indiana County Technology Center
Indiana
PA
-
Nat: $41,400
$21,019
/yr
-
-$0
South Louisiana Community College
Lafayette
LA
-
Nat: $41,400
$9,430
/yr
-
-$0
Mountainland Technical College
Lehi
UT
-
Nat: $41,400
-
/yr
-
-$0
American Public University System
Charles Town
WV
-
Nat: $41,400
$11,116
/yr
-
-$0
Dixie Technical College
Saint George
UT
-
Nat: $41,400
-
/yr
-
-$0
Sessions College
Tempe
AZ
-
Nat: $41,400
$6,197
/yr
-
-$0
Central Georgia Technical College
Warner Robins
GA
-
Nat: $41,400
$8,881
/yr
-
-$0
Bangor
ME
-
Nat: $41,400
$22,146
/yr
-
-$0
Tulsa Technology Center
Tulsa
OK
-
Nat: $41,400
$8,334
/yr
-
-$0
DeVry University-Florida
Orlando
Earnings shared by 3 DeVry University campuses, which report as one program.
FL
$41,369
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
$15,625
-$886
Seattle
WA
$42,554
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
$24,742
/yr
$12,000
-$11k
DeVry University-Ohio
Columbus
Earnings shared by 3 DeVry University campuses, which report as one program.
OH
$41,369
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
$33,882
/yr
$15,625
-$32k
DeVry University-Illinois
Lisle
Earnings shared by 3 DeVry University campuses, which report as one program.
IL
$41,369
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
$35,665
/yr
$15,625
-$34k
Dallas College
Dallas
TX
$38,810
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
$16,414
/yr
-
-$44k
Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology
Orlando
FL
$36,774
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
$8,708
-$51k
Moraine Park Technical College
Fond du Lac
WI
$35,060
Nat: $41,400
2yr Post-Grad
$9,785
/yr
-
-$64k
Lafayette
LA
$32,664
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
$21,583
/yr
$11,803
-$117k
ICPR Junior College-Arecibo
Arecibo
Earnings shared by 4 ICPR Junior College campuses, which report as one program.
PR
$19,639
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
$6,563
/yr
-
-$250k
ICPR Junior College
Manati
Earnings shared by 4 ICPR Junior College campuses, which report as one program.
PR
$19,639
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
$7,566
/yr
-
-$250k
ICPR Junior College-Mayaguez
Mayaguez
Earnings shared by 4 ICPR Junior College campuses, which report as one program.
PR
$19,639
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
$7,762
/yr
-
-$251k
ICPR Junior College
Hato Rey
Earnings shared by 4 ICPR Junior College campuses, which report as one program.
PR
$19,639
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
$8,061
/yr
-
-$251k
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus
Carolina
PR
$17,767
Nat: $41,400
4yr Post-Grad
$6,349
/yr
-
-$271k
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).