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Associate's Degree•100 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 ($33,162)
P25-P75 Interval ($26,896 - $40,234)
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 ($33,162)
P25-P75 Interval ($26,896 - $40,234)
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 ($33,162)
P25-P75 Interval ($26,896 - $40,234)
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
Glendale Community College
Glendale
AZ
-
Nat: $33,186
$9,688
/yr
-
-$0
Pima Community College
Tucson
AZ
-
Nat: $33,186
$3,976
/yr
-
-$0
South Arkansas College
El Dorado
AR
-
Nat: $33,186
$5,607
/yr
-
-$0
Barstow Community College
Barstow
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$7,373
/yr
-
-$0
Butte College
Oroville
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$4,734
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Canyons
Santa Clarita
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$19,542
/yr
-
-$0
Cerritos College
Norwalk
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$1,577
/yr
-
-$0
City College of San Francisco
San Francisco
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$5,852
/yr
-
-$0
Cosumnes River College
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$3,676
/yr
-
-$0
De Anza College
Cupertino
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$3,801
/yr
-
-$0
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$710
/yr
-
-$0
Glendale Community College
Glendale
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$9,554
/yr
-
-$0
Hartnell College
Salinas
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
-
/yr
-
-$0
Long Beach City College
Long Beach
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$1,192
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles Valley College
Valley Glen
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$7,478
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$4,875
/yr
-
-$0
Modesto Junior College
Modesto
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$5,954
/yr
-
-$0
Moorpark College
Moorpark
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
-
/yr
-
-$0
Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$1,850
/yr
-
-$0
Pasadena City College
Pasadena
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$16,993
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$7,224
/yr
-
-$0
Sacramento City College
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$5,713
/yr
-
-$0
Saddleback College
Mission Viejo
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$23,913
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego City College
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$18,693
/yr
-
-$0
College of San Mateo
San Mateo
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
-
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Barbara City College
Santa Barbara
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$2,684
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$1,693
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$6,765
/yr
-
-$0
Southwestern College
Chula Vista
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$5,663
/yr
-
-$0
Colorado Mountain College
Glenwood Springs
CO
-
Nat: $33,186
$8,218
/yr
-
-$0
Pikes Peak State College
Colorado Springs
CO
-
Nat: $33,186
$4,709
/yr
-
-$0
Red Rocks Community College
Lakewood
CO
-
Nat: $33,186
$5,311
/yr
-
-$0
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry
Dover
DE
-
Nat: $33,186
$8,401
/yr
-
-$0
Broward College
Fort Lauderdale
FL
-
Nat: $33,186
$7,989
/yr
-
-$0
State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota
Bradenton
FL
-
Nat: $33,186
$5,913
/yr
-
-$0
Palm Beach State College
Lake Worth
FL
-
Nat: $33,186
$8,820
/yr
-
-$0
Pensacola State College
Pensacola
FL
-
Nat: $33,186
$7,933
/yr
-
-$0
Clayton State University
Morrow
GA
-
Nat: $33,186
$8,868
/yr
-
-$0
Southern Crescent Technical College
Griffin
GA
-
Nat: $33,186
$8,900
/yr
-
-$0
North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene
ID
-
Nat: $33,186
$5,914
/yr
-
-$0
College of Southern Maryland
La Plata
MD
-
Nat: $33,186
$7,620
/yr
-
-$0
Greenfield Community College
Greenfield
MA
-
Nat: $33,186
$7,949
/yr
-
-$0
Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Rapids
MI
-
Nat: $33,186
$3,357
/yr
-
-$0
Montcalm Community College
Sidney
MI
-
Nat: $33,186
$7,371
/yr
-
-$0
Washtenaw Community College
Ann Arbor
MI
-
Nat: $33,186
$3,143
/yr
-
-$0
Dakota County Technical College
Rosemount
MN
-
Nat: $33,186
$20,329
/yr
-
-$0
Century College
White Bear Lake
MN
-
Nat: $33,186
$14,725
/yr
-
-$0
Metropolitan Community College Area
Omaha
NE
-
Nat: $33,186
$3,811
/yr
-
-$0
Rowan College at Burlington County
Mount Laurel
NJ
-
Nat: $33,186
$7,766
/yr
-
-$0
Camden County College
Blackwood
NJ
-
Nat: $33,186
$2,974
/yr
-
-$0
County College of Morris
Randolph
NJ
-
Nat: $33,186
$10,845
/yr
-
-$0
Middlesex College
Edison
NJ
-
Nat: $33,186
$4,122
/yr
-
-$0
Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque
NM
-
Nat: $33,186
$6,426
/yr
-
-$0
Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus
Roswell
NM
-
Nat: $33,186
$4,506
/yr
-
-$0
Northern New Mexico College
Espanola
NM
-
Nat: $33,186
$3,919
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe
NM
-
Nat: $33,186
$6,863
/yr
-
-$0
Monroe Community College
Rochester
NY
-
Nat: $33,186
$4,268
/yr
-
-$0
Nassau Community College
Garden City
NY
-
Nat: $33,186
$8,506
/yr
-
-$0
Blue Ridge Community College
Flat Rock
NC
-
Nat: $33,186
$4,341
/yr
-
-$0
Cape Fear Community College
Wilmington
NC
-
Nat: $33,186
$6,156
/yr
-
-$0
Piedmont Community College
Roxboro
NC
-
Nat: $33,186
$2,065
/yr
-
-$0
Cuyahoga Community College District
Cleveland
OH
-
Nat: $33,186
$2,652
/yr
-
-$0
Portland Community College
Portland
OR
-
Nat: $33,186
$6,234
/yr
-
-$0
Bucks County Community College
Newtown
PA
-
Nat: $33,186
$5,431
/yr
-
-$0
Butler County Community College
Butler
PA
-
Nat: $33,186
$7,540
/yr
-
-$0
Delaware County Community College
Media
PA
-
Nat: $33,186
$6,983
/yr
-
-$0
Luzerne County Community College
Nanticoke
PA
-
Nat: $33,186
$10,437
/yr
-
-$0
Community College of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
PA
-
Nat: $33,186
$11,751
/yr
-
-$0
Amarillo College
Amarillo
TX
-
Nat: $33,186
$8,580
/yr
-
-$0
Houston City College
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $33,186
$4,575
/yr
-
-$0
San Antonio College
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $33,186
$5,010
/yr
-
-$0
Vermont State University
Randolph
VT
-
Nat: $33,186
$22,358
/yr
-
-$0
Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale
VA
-
Nat: $33,186
$5,880
/yr
-
-$0
Virginia Peninsula Community College
Hampton
VA
-
Nat: $33,186
$6,830
/yr
-
-$0
Northcentral Technical College
Wausau
WI
-
Nat: $33,186
$12,582
/yr
-
-$0
Central Wyoming College
Riverton
WY
-
Nat: $33,186
$12,055
/yr
-
-$0
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon
Bayamon
PR
-
Nat: $33,186
$9,597
/yr
-
-$0
Luna Community College
Las Vegas
NM
-
Nat: $33,186
$21,392
/yr
-
-$0
Northwest Vista College
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $33,186
$3,833
/yr
-
-$0
Burbank
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$38,975
/yr
-
-$0
San Francisco Film School
San Francisco
CA
-
Nat: $33,186
$31,768
/yr
-
-$0
Harrisburg Area Community College
Harrisburg
PA
$44,278
Nat: $33,186
5yr Post-Grad
$10,627
/yr
-
-$37k
Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma City
OK
$40,029
Nat: $33,186
4yr Post-Grad
$5,160
/yr
-
-$61k
Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale
AZ
$40,864
Nat: $33,186
4yr Post-Grad
$10,569
/yr
-
-$63k
Lansing Community College
Lansing
MI
$40,234
Nat: $33,186
5yr Post-Grad
$5,292
/yr
-
-$67k
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Minneapolis
MN
$41,654
Nat: $33,186
4yr Post-Grad
$18,418
/yr
-
-$69k
Community College of Aurora
Aurora
CO
$37,661
Nat: $33,186
4yr Post-Grad
$3,714
/yr
$16,016
-$83k
Academy of Art University
San Francisco
CA
$42,221
Nat: $33,186
4yr Post-Grad
$41,747
/yr
-
-$106k
Mott Community College
Flint
MI
$36,162
Nat: $33,186
5yr Post-Grad
$9,438
/yr
-
-$116k
Daytona State College
Daytona Beach
FL
$34,180
Nat: $33,186
4yr Post-Grad
$4,419
/yr
-
-$119k
Miami Dade College
Miami
FL
$32,202
Nat: $33,186
4yr Post-Grad
$3,814
/yr
-
-$139k
Valencia College
Orlando
FL
$33,162
Nat: $33,186
4yr Post-Grad
$9,264
/yr
$5,544
-$139k
New York
NY
$31,862
Nat: $33,186
4yr Post-Grad
$16,514
/yr
-
-$165k
Oakland Community College
Auburn Hills
MI
$26,896
Nat: $33,186
2yr Post-Grad
$5,190
/yr
-
-$185k
Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester
NH
$30,298
Nat: $33,186
4yr Post-Grad
$36,764
/yr
$17,865
-$219k
Los Angeles Film School
Hollywood
CA
$29,061
Nat: $33,186
4yr Post-Grad
$48,481
/yr
$20,000
-$253k
Bayamon
PR
$19,450
Nat: $33,186
4yr Post-Grad
$2,044
/yr
-
-$268k
Full Sail University
Winter Park
FL
$24,816
Nat: $33,186
4yr Post-Grad
$37,401
/yr
$21,819
-$277k
Central Lakes College-Brainerd
Brainerd
MN
$20,140
Nat: $33,186
2yr Post-Grad
$15,556
/yr
-
-$277k
Monessen
PA
$19,227
Nat: $33,186
2yr Post-Grad
$29,855
/yr
-
-$313k
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).