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Undergrad Certificate•177 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 ($59,204)
P25-P75 Interval ($50,690 - $71,424)
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 ($58,693)
P25-P75 Interval ($50,690 - $71,424)
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 ($58,693)
P25-P75 Interval ($50,690 - $71,424)
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
Champlain College
Burlington
VT
$101,091
Nat: $56,556
4yr Post-Grad
$39,617
/yr
-
+$564k
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn
IL
$87,336
Nat: $56,556
4yr Post-Grad
$5,165
/yr
$5,750
+$463k
Weber State University
Ogden
UT
$79,340
Nat: $56,556
4yr Post-Grad
$10,237
/yr
$12,500
+$380k
University of Phoenix-Arizona
Phoenix
AZ
$71,953
Nat: $56,556
4yr Post-Grad
$13,916
/yr
$9,500
+$305k
Austin Community College District
Austin
TX
$71,424
Nat: $56,556
5yr Post-Grad
$2,445
/yr
$15,905
+$297k
Northcentral Technical College
Wausau
WI
$69,038
Nat: $56,556
4yr Post-Grad
$12,582
/yr
-
+$278k
Portland Community College
Portland
OR
$66,990
Nat: $56,556
4yr Post-Grad
$6,234
/yr
-
+$263k
Hillsborough College
Tampa
FL
$66,521
Nat: $56,556
4yr Post-Grad
$3,594
/yr
-
+$261k
Bunker Hill Community College
Boston
MA
$61,270
Nat: $56,556
4yr Post-Grad
$5,976
/yr
-
+$206k
Atlanta Technical College
Atlanta
GA
$59,204
Nat: $56,556
4yr Post-Grad
$2,240
/yr
-
+$188k
Dallas College
Dallas
TX
$58,181
Nat: $56,556
4yr Post-Grad
$16,414
/yr
$10,485
+$164k
Massasoit Community College
Brockton
MA
$56,341
Nat: $56,556
4yr Post-Grad
$6,492
/yr
-
+$154k
North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene
ID
$53,957
Nat: $56,556
4yr Post-Grad
$5,914
/yr
-
+$129k
Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield
MO
$51,849
Nat: $56,556
4yr Post-Grad
$15,488
/yr
-
+$98k
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee
WI
$50,690
Nat: $56,556
5yr Post-Grad
$10,493
/yr
-
+$80k
Amarillo College
Amarillo
TX
$45,751
Nat: $56,556
4yr Post-Grad
$8,580
/yr
$18,172
+$39k
Central Arizona College
Coolidge
AZ
-
Nat: $56,556
$1,161
/yr
-
-$0
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix
AZ
-
Nat: $56,556
$21,509
/yr
-
-$0
GateWay Community College
Phoenix
AZ
-
Nat: $56,556
$12,137
/yr
-
-$0
Mesa Community College
Mesa
AZ
-
Nat: $56,556
$10,412
/yr
-
-$0
Mohave Community College
Kingman
AZ
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,999
/yr
-
-$0
Rio Salado College
Tempe
AZ
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,978
/yr
-
-$0
Cabrillo College
Aptos
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$17,735
/yr
-
-$0
City College of San Francisco
San Francisco
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,852
/yr
-
-$0
Cosumnes River College
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$3,676
/yr
-
-$0
De Anza College
Cupertino
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$3,801
/yr
-
-$0
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$710
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles Valley College
Valley Glen
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$7,478
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles Mission College
Sylmar
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$3,881
/yr
-
-$0
Modesto Junior College
Modesto
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,954
/yr
-
-$0
Mt San Jacinto Community College District
San Jacinto
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$8,198
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$7,224
/yr
-
-$0
Riverside City College
Riverside
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$24,678
/yr
-
-$0
Sacramento City College
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,713
/yr
-
-$0
College of San Mateo
San Mateo
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
-
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$1,693
/yr
-
-$0
Solano Community College
Fairfield
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$2,905
/yr
-
-$0
Southwestern College
Chula Vista
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,663
/yr
-
-$0
West Los Angeles College
Culver City
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,238
/yr
-
-$0
Yuba College
Marysville
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$691
/yr
-
-$0
Red Rocks Community College
Lakewood
CO
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,311
/yr
-
-$0
Connecticut State Community College
New Britain
CT
-
Nat: $56,556
$9,195
/yr
-
-$0
Broward College
Fort Lauderdale
FL
-
Nat: $56,556
$7,989
/yr
-
-$0
Daytona State College
Daytona Beach
FL
-
Nat: $56,556
$4,419
/yr
-
-$0
Indian River State College
Fort Pierce
FL
-
Nat: $56,556
$2,617
/yr
-
-$0
Miami Dade College
Miami
FL
-
Nat: $56,556
$3,814
/yr
-
-$0
Palm Beach State College
Lake Worth
FL
-
Nat: $56,556
$8,820
/yr
-
-$0
Pinellas Technical College-Clearwater
Clearwater
FL
-
Nat: $56,556
$12,546
/yr
-
-$0
St Petersburg College
St. Petersburg
FL
-
Nat: $56,556
$1,079
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Fe College
Gainesville
FL
-
Nat: $56,556
$11,289
/yr
-
-$0
Suncoast Technical College
Sarasota
FL
-
Nat: $56,556
$14,884
/yr
-
-$0
Seminole State College of Florida
Sanford
FL
-
Nat: $56,556
$3,904
/yr
-
-$0
Tallahassee State College
Tallahassee
FL
-
Nat: $56,556
$7,008
/yr
-
-$0
Valencia College
Orlando
FL
-
Nat: $56,556
$9,264
/yr
-
-$0
Albany Technical College
Albany
GA
-
Nat: $56,556
$2,966
/yr
-
-$0
Gwinnett Technical College
Lawrenceville
GA
-
Nat: $56,556
$15,675
/yr
-
-$0
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College
Valdosta
GA
-
Nat: $56,556
-
/yr
-
-$0
Southwestern Illinois College
Belleville
IL
-
Nat: $56,556
$7,555
/yr
-
-$0
Danville Area Community College
Danville
IL
-
Nat: $56,556
$3,398
/yr
-
-$0
Illinois Central College
East Peoria
IL
-
Nat: $56,556
$10,829
/yr
-
-$0
College of Lake County
Grayslake
IL
-
Nat: $56,556
$7,280
/yr
-
-$0
Mattoon
IL
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,445
/yr
-
-$0
Moraine Valley Community College
Palos Hills
IL
-
Nat: $56,556
$3,887
/yr
-
-$0
Oakton College
Des Plaines
IL
-
Nat: $56,556
$3,948
/yr
-
-$0
Parkland College
Champaign
IL
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,553
/yr
-
-$0
Rock Valley College
Rockford
IL
-
Nat: $56,556
$3,385
/yr
-
-$0
South Suburban College
South Holland
IL
-
Nat: $56,556
$2,011
/yr
-
-$0
William Rainey Harper College
Palatine
IL
-
Nat: $56,556
$10,058
/yr
-
-$0
Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis
IN
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,673
/yr
-
-$0
Indiana University-South Bend
South Bend
IN
-
Nat: $56,556
$8,607
/yr
-
-$0
Eastern Iowa Community College District
Davenport
IA
-
Nat: $56,556
$12,958
/yr
-
-$0
Iowa Western Community College
Council Bluffs
IA
-
Nat: $56,556
$16,324
/yr
-
-$0
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
IA
-
Nat: $56,556
$12,073
/yr
-
-$0
Northeast Iowa Community College
Calmar
IA
-
Nat: $56,556
$11,757
/yr
-
-$0
Flint Hills Technical College
Emporia
KS
-
Nat: $56,556
$14,320
/yr
-
-$0
Independence Community College
Independence
KS
-
Nat: $56,556
$2,571
/yr
-
-$0
Johnson County Community College
Overland Park
KS
-
Nat: $56,556
$12,359
/yr
-
-$0
Berkshire Community College
Pittsfield
MA
-
Nat: $56,556
$8,257
/yr
-
-$0
Bristol Community College
Fall River
MA
-
Nat: $56,556
$10,095
/yr
-
-$0
Lowell
MA
-
Nat: $56,556
$17,362
/yr
-
-$0
Northern Essex Community College
Haverhill
MA
-
Nat: $56,556
$6,427
/yr
-
-$0
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester
MA
-
Nat: $56,556
$6,588
/yr
-
-$0
Springfield Technical Community College
Springfield
MA
-
Nat: $56,556
$2,020
/yr
-
-$0
Mott Community College
Flint
MI
-
Nat: $56,556
$9,438
/yr
-
-$0
Henry Ford College
Dearborn
MI
-
Nat: $56,556
$317
/yr
-
-$0
Lansing Community College
Lansing
MI
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,292
/yr
$9,248
-$0
North Central Michigan College
Petoskey
MI
-
Nat: $56,556
$9,006
/yr
-
-$0
Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City
MI
-
Nat: $56,556
$3,926
/yr
-
-$0
Oakland Community College
Auburn Hills
MI
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,190
/yr
-
-$0
Schoolcraft Community College District
Livonia
MI
-
Nat: $56,556
$9,329
/yr
-
-$0
Washtenaw Community College
Ann Arbor
MI
-
Nat: $56,556
$3,143
/yr
-
-$0
Dakota County Technical College
Rosemount
MN
-
Nat: $56,556
$20,329
/yr
-
-$0
Mankato
MN
-
Nat: $56,556
$19,702
/yr
-
-$0
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Minneapolis
MN
-
Nat: $56,556
$18,418
/yr
-
-$0
North Hennepin Community College
Brooklyn Park
MN
-
Nat: $56,556
$19,985
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Paul College
Saint Paul
MN
-
Nat: $56,556
$17,954
/yr
-
-$0
Century College
White Bear Lake
MN
-
Nat: $56,556
$14,725
/yr
-
-$0
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
Kansas City
MO
-
Nat: $56,556
$9,851
/yr
-
-$0
University of Missouri-St Louis
Saint Louis
MO
-
Nat: $56,556
$14,990
/yr
-
-$0
State Fair Community College
Sedalia
MO
-
Nat: $56,556
$9,656
/yr
-
-$0
Northeast Community College
Norfolk
NE
-
Nat: $56,556
$6,395
/yr
-
-$0
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester
NH
-
Nat: $56,556
$36,764
/yr
-
-$0
Great Bay Community College
Portsmouth
NH
-
Nat: $56,556
$10,320
/yr
-
-$0
Camden County College
Blackwood
NJ
-
Nat: $56,556
$2,974
/yr
-
-$0
Middlesex College
Edison
NJ
-
Nat: $56,556
$4,122
/yr
-
-$0
Raritan Valley Community College
Branchburg
NJ
-
Nat: $56,556
$4,662
/yr
-
-$0
SUNY Corning Community College
Corning
NY
-
Nat: $56,556
$7,813
/yr
-
-$0
Forsyth Technical Community College
Winston-Salem
NC
-
Nat: $56,556
$2,937
/yr
-
-$0
Guilford Technical Community College
Jamestown
NC
-
Nat: $56,556
$17,020
/yr
-
-$0
Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh
NC
-
Nat: $56,556
$6,738
/yr
-
-$0
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
Cincinnati
OH
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,184
/yr
-
-$0
Columbus State Community College
Columbus
OH
-
Nat: $56,556
$7,667
/yr
-
-$0
Marion Technical College
Marion
OH
-
Nat: $56,556
$6,851
/yr
-
-$0
Sinclair Community College
Dayton
OH
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,245
/yr
-
-$0
Stark State College
North Canton
OH
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,670
/yr
-
-$0
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Miami
OK
-
Nat: $56,556
$11,246
/yr
-
-$0
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City
OR
-
Nat: $56,556
$9,041
/yr
-
-$0
Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
PA
-
Nat: $56,556
$9,510
/yr
-
-$0
Luzerne County Community College
Nanticoke
PA
-
Nat: $56,556
$10,437
/yr
-
-$0
Community College of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
PA
-
Nat: $56,556
$11,751
/yr
-
-$0
Philadelphia
PA
-
Nat: $56,556
$23,058
/yr
-
-$0
Westmoreland County Community College
Youngwood
PA
-
Nat: $56,556
$6,175
/yr
-
-$0
Community College of Rhode Island
Warwick
RI
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,861
/yr
-
-$0
Greenville Technical College
Greenville
SC
-
Nat: $56,556
$10,029
/yr
-
-$0
Trident Technical College
Charleston
SC
-
Nat: $56,556
-
/yr
-
-$0
Southwest Tennessee Community College
Memphis
TN
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,091
/yr
-
-$0
Alvin Community College
Alvin
TX
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,533
/yr
-
-$0
Brazosport College
Lake Jackson
TX
-
Nat: $56,556
-
/yr
-
-$0
Grayson College
Denison
TX
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,743
/yr
-
-$0
Houston City College
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $56,556
$4,575
/yr
-
-$0
Lamar State College-Port Arthur
Port Arthur
TX
-
Nat: $56,556
$4,244
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Mainland
Texas City
TX
-
Nat: $56,556
$447
/yr
-
-$0
McLennan Community College
Waco
TX
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,887
/yr
-
-$0
Midland College
Midland
TX
-
Nat: $56,556
$4,224
/yr
-
-$0
San Antonio College
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $56,556
$5,010
/yr
-
-$0
Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth
TX
-
Nat: $56,556
$3,775
/yr
-
-$0
Bridgerland Technical College
Logan
UT
-
Nat: $56,556
$2,759
/yr
-
-$0
Davis Technical College
Kaysville
UT
-
Nat: $56,556
$9,899
/yr
-
-$0
Ogden-Weber Technical College
Ogden
UT
-
Nat: $56,556
-
/yr
-
-$0
Utah Valley University
Orem
UT
-
Nat: $56,556
$17,558
/yr
-
-$0
Bellevue College
Bellevue
WA
-
Nat: $56,556
$18,271
/yr
-
-$0
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Kirkland
WA
-
Nat: $56,556
$25,594
/yr
-
-$0
Seattle Central College
Seattle
WA
-
Nat: $56,556
$21,132
/yr
-
-$0
Madison Area Technical College
Madison
WI
-
Nat: $56,556
$11,919
/yr
-
-$0
Lakeshore Technical College
Cleveland
WI
-
Nat: $56,556
$16,446
/yr
-
-$0
Nicolet Area Technical College
Rhinelander
WI
-
Nat: $56,556
$6,163
/yr
-
-$0
Eau Claire
WI
-
Nat: $56,556
$12,151
/yr
-
-$0
Waukesha County Technical College
Pewaukee
WI
-
Nat: $56,556
$11,014
/yr
-
-$0
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus
San Juan
PR
-
Nat: $56,556
$6,826
/yr
-
-$0
Georgia Piedmont Technical College
Clarkston
GA
-
Nat: $56,556
$12,185
/yr
-
-$0
Francis Tuttle Technology Center
Oklahoma City
OK
-
Nat: $56,556
-
/yr
-
-$0
Athens Technical College
Athens
GA
-
Nat: $56,556
$7,929
/yr
-
-$0
Moore Norman Technology Center
Norman
OK
-
Nat: $56,556
$2,196
/yr
-
-$0
St Charles Community College
Cottleville
MO
-
Nat: $56,556
$7,871
/yr
-
-$0
Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center
Altoona
PA
-
Nat: $56,556
$11,126
/yr
-
-$0
Estrella Mountain Community College
Avondale
AZ
-
Nat: $56,556
$9,789
/yr
-
-$0
Copper Mountain Community College
Joshua Tree
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$9,404
/yr
-
-$0
Santiago Canyon College
Orange
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$2,040
/yr
-
-$0
Capella University
Minneapolis
MN
-
Nat: $56,556
$18,458
/yr
-
-$0
Marion Technical College
Ocala
FL
-
Nat: $56,556
$6,815
/yr
-
-$0
South Louisiana Community College
Lafayette
LA
-
Nat: $56,556
$9,430
/yr
-
-$0
University of Arkansas Grantham
LIttle Rock
AR
-
Nat: $56,556
$9,940
/yr
-
-$0
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College
Martinsburg
WV
-
Nat: $56,556
$4,899
/yr
-
-$0
Mountainland Technical College
Lehi
UT
-
Nat: $56,556
-
/yr
-
-$0
American Public University System
Charles Town
WV
-
Nat: $56,556
$11,116
/yr
-
-$0
Southwest Technical College
Cedar City
UT
-
Nat: $56,556
-
/yr
-
-$0
MediaTech Institute-Dallas
Dallas
TX
-
Nat: $56,556
$18,558
/yr
-
-$0
Emerald Coast Technical College
DeFuniak Springs
FL
-
Nat: $56,556
$20,660
/yr
-
-$0
Moreno Valley College
Moreno Valley
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$26,725
/yr
-
-$0
Norco College
Norco
CA
-
Nat: $56,556
$27,120
/yr
-
-$0
Central Georgia Technical College
Warner Robins
GA
-
Nat: $56,556
$8,881
/yr
-
-$0
Tulsa Technology Center
Tulsa
OK
-
Nat: $56,556
$8,334
/yr
-
-$0
Shreveport
LA
-
Nat: $56,556
$30,131
/yr
-
-$0
Renton Technical College
Renton
WA
$42,751
Nat: $56,556
4yr Post-Grad
$18,421
/yr
-
-$3k
Hinds Community College
Raymond
MS
$40,399
Nat: $56,556
5yr Post-Grad
$6,135
/yr
-
-$26k
Northwest State Community College
Archbold
OH
$29,685
Nat: $56,556
2yr Post-Grad
$11,313
/yr
-
-$127k
Fort Myers Technical College
Fort Myers
FL
$27,233
Nat: $56,556
4yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
-Cost 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).