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Associate's Degree•146 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 ($64,047)
P25-P75 Interval ($51,162 - $74,045)
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 ($64,047)
P25-P75 Interval ($51,162 - $74,045)
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 ($64,047)
P25-P75 Interval ($51,162 - $74,045)
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
City College of San Francisco
San Francisco
CA
$125,527
Nat: $62,283
5yr Post-Grad
$5,852
/yr
-
+$703k
Weber State University
Ogden
UT
$102,259
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$10,237
/yr
$12,500
+$509k
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill
CA
$88,450
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$710
/yr
-
+$403k
Bunker Hill Community College
Boston
MA
$84,138
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$5,976
/yr
-
+$355k
Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale
VA
$83,554
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$5,880
/yr
$7,000
+$350k
Normandale Community College
Bloomington
MN
$80,563
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$18,780
/yr
$11,875
+$299k
CUNY LaGuardia Community College
Long Island City
NY
$74,045
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$4,184
/yr
-
+$267k
Nassau Community College
Garden City
NY
$72,735
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$8,506
/yr
-
+$248k
Davenport University
Grand Rapids
MI
$75,894
Nat: $62,283
5yr Post-Grad
$17,623
/yr
-
+$246k
North Hennepin Community College
Brooklyn Park
MN
$74,011
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$19,985
/yr
$10,500
+$238k
University of Arkansas Grantham
LIttle Rock
AR
$66,795
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$9,940
/yr
$16,101
+$191k
CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Brooklyn
NY
$64,980
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$3,726
/yr
-
+$186k
Connecticut State Community College
New Britain
CT
$64,221
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$9,195
/yr
-
+$169k
Montgomery County Community College
Blue Bell
PA
$64,047
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$9,221
/yr
$14,547
+$167k
Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis
IN
$64,097
Nat: $62,283
5yr Post-Grad
$5,673
/yr
$7,500
+$162k
Southern Maine Community College
South Portland
ME
$63,690
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$11,277
/yr
-
+$160k
Baton Rouge Community College
Baton Rouge
LA
$62,753
Nat: $62,283
5yr Post-Grad
$9,356
/yr
-
+$143k
Century College
White Bear Lake
MN
$61,157
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$14,725
/yr
-
+$130k
Watertown
SD
$60,752
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$15,278
/yr
$12,000
+$125k
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York
NY
$57,686
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$2,955
/yr
$9,500
+$118k
El Camino Community College District
Torrance
CA
$58,904
Nat: $64,047
5yr Post-Grad
$13,761
/yr
-
+$99k
CUNY Bronx Community College
Bronx
NY
$50,897
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$3,613
/yr
-
+$51k
El Paso Community College
El Paso
TX
$49,388
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$6,869
/yr
-
+$30k
UCNJ Union College of Union County New Jersey
Cranford
NJ
$47,833
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$5,248
/yr
-
+$17k
State College
PA
$51,162
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$23,369
/yr
-
+$17k
Cochise County Community College District
Sierra Vista
AZ
-
Nat: $62,283
$7,684
/yr
-
-$0
Mohave Community College
Kingman
AZ
-
Nat: $62,283
$5,999
/yr
-
-$0
Allan Hancock College
Santa Maria
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$3,975
/yr
-
-$0
American River College
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$5,730
/yr
-
-$0
Butte College
Oroville
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$4,734
/yr
-
-$0
Canada College
Redwood City
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$365
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Canyons
Santa Clarita
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$19,542
/yr
-
-$0
Cerritos College
Norwalk
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$1,577
/yr
-
-$0
Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$24,504
/yr
-
-$0
Cosumnes River College
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$3,676
/yr
-
-$0
Cuesta College
San Luis Obispo
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$5,891
/yr
-
-$0
De Anza College
Cupertino
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$3,801
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Desert
Palm Desert
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$17,769
/yr
-
-$0
Foothill College
Los Altos Hills
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$2,851
/yr
-
-$0
Fullerton College
Fullerton
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$1,302
/yr
-
-$0
Irvine Valley College
Irvine
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$21,874
/yr
-
-$0
Reedley College
Reedley
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$6,055
/yr
-
-$0
Long Beach City College
Long Beach
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$1,192
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$4,875
/yr
-
-$0
Los Medanos College
Pittsburg
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$25,231
/yr
-
-$0
Mendocino College
Ukiah
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$11,640
/yr
-
-$0
Merced College
Merced
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$714
/yr
-
-$0
Ohlone College
Fremont
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$6,828
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$7,224
/yr
-
-$0
Riverside City College
Riverside
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$24,678
/yr
-
-$0
Sacramento City College
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$5,713
/yr
-
-$0
Saddleback College
Mission Viejo
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$23,913
/yr
-
-$0
San Joaquin Delta College
Stockton
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$2,451
/yr
-
-$0
College of San Mateo
San Mateo
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
-
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$1,693
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$6,765
/yr
-
-$0
Sierra College
Rocklin
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$27,774
/yr
-
-$0
Community College of Aurora
Aurora
CO
-
Nat: $62,283
$3,714
/yr
-
-$0
North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene
ID
-
Nat: $62,283
$5,914
/yr
-
-$0
Prairie State College
Chicago Heights
IL
-
Nat: $62,283
$4,220
/yr
-
-$0
Butler Community College
El Dorado
KS
-
Nat: $62,283
$16,838
/yr
-
-$0
Southern University at Shreveport
Shreveport
LA
-
Nat: $62,283
$8,120
/yr
-
-$0
Cape Cod Community College
West Barnstable
MA
-
Nat: $62,283
$7,964
/yr
-
-$0
Massachusetts Bay Community College
Wellesley Hills
MA
-
Nat: $62,283
$1,756
/yr
-
-$0
North Shore Community College
Danvers
MA
-
Nat: $62,283
$5,287
/yr
-
-$0
Quincy College
Quincy
MA
-
Nat: $62,283
$16,530
/yr
-
-$0
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester
MA
-
Nat: $62,283
$6,588
/yr
-
-$0
Springfield Technical Community College
Springfield
MA
-
Nat: $62,283
$2,020
/yr
-
-$0
Macomb Community College
Warren
MI
-
Nat: $62,283
-
/yr
-
-$0
Monroe County Community College
Monroe
MI
-
Nat: $62,283
$4,044
/yr
-
-$0
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Coon Rapids
MN
-
Nat: $62,283
$20,159
/yr
-
-$0
Inver Hills Community College
Inver Grove Heights
MN
-
Nat: $62,283
$19,451
/yr
-
-$0
Rochester Community and Technical College
Rochester
MN
-
Nat: $62,283
$18,037
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Paul College
Saint Paul
MN
-
Nat: $62,283
$17,954
/yr
-
-$0
Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Wesson
MS
-
Nat: $62,283
$3,733
/yr
-
-$0
Itawamba Community College
Fulton
MS
-
Nat: $62,283
$2,729
/yr
-
-$0
Jones County Junior College
Ellisville
MS
-
Nat: $62,283
$5,252
/yr
-
-$0
Mississippi Delta Community College
Moorhead
MS
-
Nat: $62,283
$36
/yr
-
-$0
Northwest Mississippi Community College
Senatobia
MS
-
Nat: $62,283
$10,559
/yr
-
-$0
Northeast Community College
Norfolk
NE
-
Nat: $62,283
$6,395
/yr
-
-$0
Manchester Community College
Manchester
NH
-
Nat: $62,283
$7,188
/yr
-
-$0
County College of Morris
Randolph
NJ
-
Nat: $62,283
$10,845
/yr
-
-$0
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus
Sewell
NJ
-
Nat: $62,283
$14,281
/yr
-
-$0
Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque
NM
-
Nat: $62,283
$6,426
/yr
-
-$0
SUNY Adirondack
Queensbury
NY
-
Nat: $62,283
$11,310
/yr
-
-$0
SUNY Corning Community College
Corning
NY
-
Nat: $62,283
$7,813
/yr
-
-$0
CUNY Medgar Evers College
Brooklyn
NY
-
Nat: $62,283
$3,245
/yr
-
-$0
Finger Lakes Community College
Canandaigua
NY
-
Nat: $62,283
$13,117
/yr
-
-$0
Monroe Community College
Rochester
NY
-
Nat: $62,283
$4,268
/yr
-
-$0
Schenectady County Community College
Schenectady
NY
-
Nat: $62,283
$6,689
/yr
-
-$0
Ulster County Community College
Stone Ridge
NY
-
Nat: $62,283
$4,351
/yr
-
-$0
Franklin University
Columbus
OH
-
Nat: $62,283
$28,451
/yr
-
-$0
Seminole State College
Seminole
OK
-
Nat: $62,283
$16,486
/yr
-
-$0
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Weatherford
OK
-
Nat: $62,283
$15,278
/yr
-
-$0
Blue Mountain Community College
Pendleton
OR
-
Nat: $62,283
$14,077
/yr
-
-$0
Rogue Community College
Grants Pass
OR
-
Nat: $62,283
$4,392
/yr
-
-$0
Central Penn College
Summerdale
PA
-
Nat: $62,283
$15,056
/yr
-
-$0
Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg
PA
-
Nat: $62,283
$10,627
/yr
-
-$0
Manor College
Jenkintown
PA
-
Nat: $62,283
$16,074
/yr
-
-$0
Northampton County Area Community College
Bethlehem
PA
-
Nat: $62,283
$12,119
/yr
-
-$0
Blinn College District
Brenham
TX
-
Nat: $62,283
$9,773
/yr
-
-$0
Dallas College
Dallas
TX
-
Nat: $62,283
$16,414
/yr
-
-$0
Galveston College
Galveston
TX
-
Nat: $62,283
$5,940
/yr
-
-$0
Houston City College
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $62,283
$4,575
/yr
$13,291
-$0
Lone Star College System
The Woodlands
TX
-
Nat: $62,283
$15,874
/yr
$8,748
-$0
Odessa College
Odessa
TX
-
Nat: $62,283
$5,895
/yr
-
-$0
South Plains College
Levelland
TX
-
Nat: $62,283
$8,697
/yr
-
-$0
Temple College
Temple
TX
-
Nat: $62,283
$8,451
/yr
-
-$0
Tyler Junior College
Tyler
TX
-
Nat: $62,283
$7,080
/yr
-
-$0
Wharton County Junior College
Wharton
TX
-
Nat: $62,283
$4,608
/yr
-
-$0
Snow College
Ephraim
UT
-
Nat: $62,283
$7,556
/yr
-
-$0
Utah Valley University
Orem
UT
-
Nat: $62,283
$17,558
/yr
$7,500
-$0
Piedmont Virginia Community College
Charlottesville
VA
-
Nat: $62,283
$9,613
/yr
-
-$0
Virginia Western Community College
Roanoke
VA
-
Nat: $62,283
$4,912
/yr
-
-$0
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Kirkland
WA
-
Nat: $62,283
$25,594
/yr
-
-$0
Peninsula College
Port Angeles
WA
-
Nat: $62,283
$18,576
/yr
-
-$0
Tacoma Community College
Tacoma
WA
-
Nat: $62,283
$19,206
/yr
-
-$0
West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Parkersburg
WV
-
Nat: $62,283
-
/yr
-
-$0
Central Wyoming College
Riverton
WY
-
Nat: $62,283
$12,055
/yr
-
-$0
Laramie County Community College
Cheyenne
WY
-
Nat: $62,283
$8,602
/yr
-
-$0
Guam Community College
Mangilao
GU
-
Nat: $62,283
$4,527
/yr
-
-$0
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus
San Juan
PR
-
Nat: $62,283
$6,826
/yr
-
-$0
Humacao Community College
Humacao
PR
-
Nat: $62,283
$3,142
/yr
-
-$0
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German
San German
PR
-
Nat: $62,283
$11,050
/yr
-
-$0
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla
Aguadilla
PR
-
Nat: $62,283
$9,252
/yr
-
-$0
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo
Arecibo
PR
-
Nat: $62,283
$10,910
/yr
-
-$0
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Barranquitas
Barranquitas
PR
-
Nat: $62,283
$10,036
/yr
-
-$0
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce
Mercedita
PR
-
Nat: $62,283
$9,683
/yr
-
-$0
Landmark College
Putney
VT
-
Nat: $62,283
$43,047
/yr
-
-$0
Collin County Community College District
McKinney
TX
-
Nat: $62,283
$10,747
/yr
-
-$0
Las Positas College
Livermore
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$22,259
/yr
-
-$0
Santiago Canyon College
Orange
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$2,040
/yr
-
-$0
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
Johnstown
PA
-
Nat: $62,283
$6,279
/yr
-
-$0
York County Community College
Wells
ME
-
Nat: $62,283
$3,013
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia Gorge Community College
The Dalles
OR
-
Nat: $62,283
$18,314
/yr
-
-$0
University of Management and Technology
Arlington
VA
-
Nat: $62,283
-
/yr
-
-$0
Folsom Lake College
Folsom
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$4,339
/yr
-
-$0
New River Community and Technical College
Beaver
WV
-
Nat: $62,283
$1,743
/yr
-
-$0
Norco College
Norco
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$27,120
/yr
-
-$0
Louisiana Delta Community College
Monroe
LA
-
Nat: $62,283
$11,672
/yr
-
-$0
Texas State Technical College
Waco
TX
-
Nat: $62,283
$13,663
/yr
-
-$0
Clovis Community College
Fresno
CA
-
Nat: $62,283
$2,122
/yr
-
-$0
CUNY New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn
NY
$45,478
Nat: $62,283
5yr Post-Grad
$2,818
/yr
-
-$11k
CUNY Queensborough Community College
Bayside
NY
$44,156
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$2,114
/yr
-
-$14k
South Texas College
McAllen
TX
$31,376
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$855
/yr
-
-$142k
Full Sail University
Winter Park
FL
$32,197
Nat: $62,283
4yr Post-Grad
$37,401
/yr
$20,625
-$200k
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).