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Associate's Degree•139 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 ($28,325)
P25-P75 Interval ($27,311 - $30,146)
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 ($28,325)
P25-P75 Interval ($27,311 - $30,146)
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 ($28,325)
P25-P75 Interval ($27,311 - $30,146)
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
Arizona Western College
Yuma
AZ
-
Nat: $31,773
$8,825
/yr
-
-$0
Central Arizona College
Coolidge
AZ
-
Nat: $31,773
$1,161
/yr
-
-$0
Cochise County Community College District
Sierra Vista
AZ
-
Nat: $31,773
$7,684
/yr
-
-$0
Eastern Arizona College
Thatcher
AZ
-
Nat: $31,773
$9,309
/yr
-
-$0
Phoenix College
Phoenix
AZ
-
Nat: $31,773
$10,160
/yr
-
-$0
Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale
AZ
-
Nat: $31,773
$10,569
/yr
-
-$0
Academy of Art University
San Francisco
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$41,747
/yr
-
-$0
Antelope Valley Community College District
Lancaster
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$85
/yr
-
-$0
Butte College
Oroville
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$4,734
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Canyons
Santa Clarita
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$19,542
/yr
-
-$0
Chabot College
Hayward
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$9,873
/yr
-
-$0
Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$24,504
/yr
-
-$0
Citrus College
Glendora
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$850
/yr
-
-$0
City College of San Francisco
San Francisco
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,852
/yr
-
-$0
Crafton Hills College
Yucaipa
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$11,754
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Desert
Palm Desert
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$17,769
/yr
-
-$0
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$710
/yr
-
-$0
Foothill College
Los Altos Hills
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$2,851
/yr
-
-$0
Fresno City College
Fresno
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$3,839
/yr
-
-$0
Gavilan College
Gilroy
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$22,074
/yr
-
-$0
Glendale Community College
Glendale
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$9,554
/yr
-
-$0
Golden West College
Huntington Beach
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
-
/yr
-
-$0
Hartnell College
Salinas
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
-
/yr
-
-$0
Laney College
Oakland
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$9,315
/yr
-
-$0
Long Beach City College
Long Beach
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$1,192
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles Pierce College
Woodland Hills
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$3,150
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles Southwest College
Los Angeles
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$10,836
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles Valley College
Valley Glen
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$7,478
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$4,875
/yr
-
-$0
Los Medanos College
Pittsburg
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$25,231
/yr
-
-$0
Mendocino College
Ukiah
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$11,640
/yr
-
-$0
Merced College
Merced
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$714
/yr
-
-$0
Modesto Junior College
Modesto
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,954
/yr
-
-$0
Mt San Antonio College
Walnut
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$1,676
/yr
-
-$0
Ohlone College
Fremont
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$6,828
/yr
-
-$0
Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$1,850
/yr
-
-$0
Pacific Union College
Angwin
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$25,891
/yr
-
-$0
Palomar College
San Marcos
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$1,839
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$7,224
/yr
-
-$0
Riverside City College
Riverside
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$24,678
/yr
-
-$0
Sacramento City College
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,713
/yr
-
-$0
Saddleback College
Mission Viejo
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$23,913
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego City College
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$18,693
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego Mesa College
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$21,767
/yr
-
-$0
San Joaquin Delta College
Stockton
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$2,451
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$1,693
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$6,765
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Sequoias
Visalia
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$1,096
/yr
-
-$0
Shasta College
Redding
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$7,225
/yr
-
-$0
Sierra College
Rocklin
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$27,774
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Siskiyous
Weed
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$18,459
/yr
-
-$0
San Bernardino Valley College
San Bernardino
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$17,782
/yr
-
-$0
Solano Community College
Fairfield
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$2,905
/yr
-
-$0
West Valley College
Saratoga
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$1,033
/yr
-
-$0
Yuba College
Marysville
CA
-
Nat: $31,773
$691
/yr
-
-$0
Connecticut State Community College
New Britain
CT
-
Nat: $31,773
$9,195
/yr
-
-$0
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Jacksonville
FL
-
Nat: $31,773
$8,717
/yr
-
-$0
Full Sail University
Winter Park
FL
-
Nat: $31,773
$37,401
/yr
-
-$0
Northwest Florida State College
Niceville
FL
-
Nat: $31,773
$3,738
/yr
-
-$0
Valencia College
Orlando
FL
-
Nat: $31,773
$9,264
/yr
-
-$0
Andrew College
Cuthbert
GA
-
Nat: $31,773
$23,067
/yr
-
-$0
Gordon State College
Barnesville
GA
-
Nat: $31,773
$8,779
/yr
-
-$0
North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene
ID
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,914
/yr
-
-$0
College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls
ID
-
Nat: $31,773
$9,371
/yr
-
-$0
Vincennes University
Vincennes
IN
-
Nat: $31,773
$10,093
/yr
-
-$0
Independence Community College
Independence
KS
-
Nat: $31,773
$2,571
/yr
-
-$0
Bunker Hill Community College
Boston
MA
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,976
/yr
-
-$0
Cape Cod Community College
West Barnstable
MA
-
Nat: $31,773
$7,964
/yr
-
-$0
Dean College
Franklin
MA
-
Nat: $31,773
$32,629
/yr
-
-$0
Massasoit Community College
Brockton
MA
-
Nat: $31,773
$6,492
/yr
-
-$0
Mount Wachusett Community College
Gardner
MA
-
Nat: $31,773
$4,452
/yr
-
-$0
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester
MA
-
Nat: $31,773
$6,588
/yr
-
-$0
Henry Ford College
Dearborn
MI
-
Nat: $31,773
$317
/yr
-
-$0
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Coon Rapids
MN
-
Nat: $31,773
$20,159
/yr
-
-$0
Inver Hills Community College
Inver Grove Heights
MN
-
Nat: $31,773
$19,451
/yr
-
-$0
North Hennepin Community College
Brooklyn Park
MN
-
Nat: $31,773
$19,985
/yr
-
-$0
Normandale Community College
Bloomington
MN
-
Nat: $31,773
$18,780
/yr
-
-$0
Itawamba Community College
Fulton
MS
-
Nat: $31,773
$2,729
/yr
-
-$0
Northwest Mississippi Community College
Senatobia
MS
-
Nat: $31,773
$10,559
/yr
-
-$0
Nevada
MO
-
Nat: $31,773
$21,347
/yr
-
-$0
Metropolitan Community College Area
Omaha
NE
-
Nat: $31,773
$3,811
/yr
-
-$0
Northeast Community College
Norfolk
NE
-
Nat: $31,773
$6,395
/yr
-
-$0
College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas
NV
-
Nat: $31,773
$6,016
/yr
-
-$0
Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque
NM
-
Nat: $31,773
$6,426
/yr
-
-$0
San Juan College
Farmington
NM
-
Nat: $31,773
$2,104
/yr
-
-$0
New York
NY
-
Nat: $31,773
$43,641
/yr
$12,000
-$0
CUNY Queensborough Community College
Bayside
NY
-
Nat: $31,773
$2,114
/yr
-
-$0
Genesee Community College
Batavia
NY
-
Nat: $31,773
$8,903
/yr
-
-$0
Hudson Valley Community College
Troy
NY
-
Nat: $31,773
$8,022
/yr
-
-$0
Monroe Community College
Rochester
NY
-
Nat: $31,773
$4,268
/yr
-
-$0
Nassau Community College
Garden City
NY
-
Nat: $31,773
$8,506
/yr
-
-$0
Niagara County Community College
Sanborn
NY
-
Nat: $31,773
$8,745
/yr
-
-$0
Sullivan County Community College
Loch Sheldrake
NY
-
Nat: $31,773
$1,800
/yr
-
-$0
Owens Community College
Perrysburg
OH
-
Nat: $31,773
$10,862
/yr
-
-$0
Sinclair Community College
Dayton
OH
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,245
/yr
-
-$0
Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma City
OK
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,160
/yr
-
-$0
Tulsa Community College
Tulsa
OK
-
Nat: $31,773
$15,452
/yr
-
-$0
Mt Hood Community College
Gresham
OR
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,233
/yr
-
-$0
Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
PA
-
Nat: $31,773
$9,510
/yr
-
-$0
Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg
PA
-
Nat: $31,773
$10,627
/yr
-
-$0
Luzerne County Community College
Nanticoke
PA
-
Nat: $31,773
$10,437
/yr
-
-$0
Montgomery County Community College
Blue Bell
PA
-
Nat: $31,773
$9,221
/yr
-
-$0
Northampton County Area Community College
Bethlehem
PA
-
Nat: $31,773
$12,119
/yr
-
-$0
Community College of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
PA
-
Nat: $31,773
$11,751
/yr
-
-$0
Alvin Community College
Alvin
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,533
/yr
-
-$0
Amarillo College
Amarillo
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$8,580
/yr
-
-$0
Austin Community College District
Austin
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$2,445
/yr
-
-$0
Blinn College District
Brenham
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$9,773
/yr
-
-$0
Central Texas College
Killeen
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,337
/yr
-
-$0
Del Mar College
Corpus Christi
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,439
/yr
-
-$0
Galveston College
Galveston
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,940
/yr
-
-$0
Grayson College
Denison
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,743
/yr
-
-$0
Hill College
Hillsboro
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,802
/yr
-
-$0
Howard College
Big Spring
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$3,019
/yr
-
-$0
Lee College
Baytown
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$6,744
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Mainland
Texas City
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$447
/yr
-
-$0
Odessa College
Odessa
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,895
/yr
-
-$0
Paris Junior College
Paris
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$11,063
/yr
-
-$0
San Antonio College
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,010
/yr
-
-$0
Texarkana College
Texarkana
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$4,894
/yr
-
-$0
Tyler Junior College
Tyler
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$7,080
/yr
-
-$0
Western Texas College
Snyder
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$3,101
/yr
-
-$0
Wharton County Junior College
Wharton
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$4,608
/yr
-
-$0
Snow College
Ephraim
UT
-
Nat: $31,773
$7,556
/yr
-
-$0
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City
UT
-
Nat: $31,773
$6,144
/yr
-
-$0
Casper College
Casper
WY
-
Nat: $31,773
$8,870
/yr
-
-$0
Central Wyoming College
Riverton
WY
-
Nat: $31,773
$12,055
/yr
-
-$0
Laramie County Community College
Cheyenne
WY
-
Nat: $31,773
$8,602
/yr
-
-$0
Northern Wyoming Community College District
Sheridan
WY
-
Nat: $31,773
$11,256
/yr
-
-$0
Western Wyoming Community College
Rock Springs
WY
-
Nat: $31,773
$10,352
/yr
-
-$0
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Chandler
AZ
-
Nat: $31,773
$10,579
/yr
-
-$0
Suffolk County Community College
Selden
NY
-
Nat: $31,773
$5,315
/yr
-
-$0
South Texas College
McAllen
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$855
/yr
-
-$0
Northwest Vista College
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $31,773
$3,833
/yr
-
-$0
CUNY LaGuardia Community College
Long Island City
NY
$27,161
Nat: $31,773
4yr Post-Grad
$4,184
/yr
-
-$191k
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Minneapolis
MN
$28,325
Nat: $31,773
5yr Post-Grad
$18,418
/yr
-
-$211k
Burbank
CA
$30,729
Nat: $31,773
4yr Post-Grad
$38,975
/yr
-
-$218k
KD Conservatory College of Film and Dramatic Arts
Dallas
TX
$27,311
Nat: $31,773
4yr Post-Grad
$23,162
/yr
$20,000
-$225k
New York
NY
$30,146
Nat: $31,773
4yr Post-Grad
$56,942
/yr
$12,000
-$257k
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).