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Associate's Degree•112 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 ($52,465)
P25-P75 Interval ($46,564 - $67,783)
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 ($52,072)
P25-P75 Interval ($46,564 - $67,783)
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 ($52,072)
P25-P75 Interval ($46,564 - $67,783)
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
Big Rapids
MI
$123,436
Nat: $51,711
5yr Post-Grad
$8,402
/yr
$12,000
+$680k
Mendocino College
Ukiah
CA
$95,068
Nat: $51,711
5yr Post-Grad
$11,640
/yr
-
+$426k
City College of San Francisco
San Francisco
CA
$91,435
Nat: $51,711
5yr Post-Grad
$5,852
/yr
-
+$404k
University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage
AK
$90,501
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$13,077
/yr
$21,000
+$399k
Connors State College
Warner
OK
$80,132
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$8,677
/yr
$18,911
+$314k
Wharton County Junior College
Wharton
TX
$77,355
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$4,608
/yr
$9,609
+$296k
Rose State College
Midwest City
OK
$73,548
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$9,616
/yr
-
+$253k
Skyline College
San Bruno
CA
$67,805
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$616
/yr
-
+$218k
El Camino Community College District
Torrance
CA
$67,783
Nat: $52,465
5yr Post-Grad
$13,761
/yr
-
+$181k
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Miami
OK
$62,140
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$11,246
/yr
-
+$145k
Northwest Vista College
San Antonio
TX
$59,338
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$3,833
/yr
-
+$132k
Alpena
MI
$58,637
Nat: $51,711
5yr Post-Grad
$3,238
/yr
-
+$116k
Austin Community College District
Austin
TX
$55,373
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$2,445
/yr
-
+$97k
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill
CA
$54,934
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$710
/yr
-
+$95k
Los Angeles
CA
$59,802
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$27,235
/yr
-
+$94k
Atlantic Cape Community College
Mays Landing
NJ
$56,722
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$11,791
/yr
$9,000
+$92k
Gavilan College
Gilroy
CA
$58,344
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$22,074
/yr
-
+$89k
Northern Oklahoma College
Tonkawa
OK
$51,679
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$7,395
/yr
$10,500
+$51k
Arkansas State University-Beebe
Beebe
AR
$51,522
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$8,761
/yr
-
+$47k
Tulsa Community College
Tulsa
OK
$52,465
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$15,452
/yr
$12,840
+$44k
Northeast Community College
Norfolk
NE
$50,127
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$6,395
/yr
$9,125
+$38k
Howard College
Big Spring
TX
$49,287
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$3,019
/yr
-
+$36k
Prairie State College
Chicago Heights
IL
$48,709
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$4,220
/yr
-
+$28k
Northwest Mississippi Community College
Senatobia
MS
$48,468
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$10,559
/yr
-
+$14k
Hill College
Hillsboro
TX
$47,531
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$5,802
/yr
-
+$13k
Essex County College
Newark
NJ
$46,812
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$6,242
/yr
-
+$5k
Eastern Arizona College
Thatcher
AZ
-
Nat: $51,711
$9,309
/yr
-
-$0
Canada College
Redwood City
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$365
/yr
-
-$0
Citrus College
Glendora
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$850
/yr
-
-$0
Contra Costa College
San Pablo
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$25,657
/yr
-
-$0
Cuesta College
San Luis Obispo
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$5,891
/yr
-
-$0
Cuyamaca College
El Cajon
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$7,178
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Desert
Palm Desert
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$17,769
/yr
-
-$0
Fresno City College
Fresno
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$3,839
/yr
-
-$0
Glendale Community College
Glendale
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$9,554
/yr
-
-$0
Hartnell College
Salinas
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
-
/yr
-
-$0
Irvine Valley College
Irvine
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$21,874
/yr
-
-$0
Lassen Community College
Susanville
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$13,459
/yr
-
-$0
Los Medanos College
Pittsburg
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$25,231
/yr
-
-$0
Merced College
Merced
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$714
/yr
-
-$0
Monterey Peninsula College
Monterey
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$35,126
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$7,224
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$6,765
/yr
-
-$0
Sierra College
Rocklin
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$27,774
/yr
-
-$0
Southwestern College
Chula Vista
CA
-
Nat: $51,711
$5,663
/yr
-
-$0
Temple Terrace
FL
-
Nat: $51,711
$25,840
/yr
-
-$0
Emmanuel University
Franklin Springs
GA
-
Nat: $51,711
$12,898
/yr
-
-$0
Reinhardt University
Waleska
GA
-
Nat: $51,711
$29,893
/yr
-
-$0
North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene
ID
-
Nat: $51,711
$5,914
/yr
-
-$0
Dodge City Community College
Dodge City
KS
-
Nat: $51,711
$6,382
/yr
-
-$0
Independence Community College
Independence
KS
-
Nat: $51,711
$2,571
/yr
-
-$0
Pratt Community College
Pratt
KS
-
Nat: $51,711
$13,697
/yr
-
-$0
College of Southern Maryland
La Plata
MD
-
Nat: $51,711
$7,620
/yr
-
-$0
Dean College
Franklin
MA
-
Nat: $51,711
$32,629
/yr
-
-$0
Bay de Noc Community College
Escanaba
MI
-
Nat: $51,711
$9,028
/yr
-
-$0
Cornerstone University
Grand Rapids
MI
-
Nat: $51,711
$18,028
/yr
-
-$0
Henry Ford College
Dearborn
MI
-
Nat: $51,711
$317
/yr
-
-$0
Southwestern Michigan College
Dowagiac
MI
-
Nat: $51,711
$6,613
/yr
-
-$0
Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Wesson
MS
-
Nat: $51,711
$3,733
/yr
-
-$0
Hinds Community College
Raymond
MS
-
Nat: $51,711
$6,135
/yr
-
-$0
Itawamba Community College
Fulton
MS
-
Nat: $51,711
$2,729
/yr
-
-$0
Jones County Junior College
Ellisville
MS
-
Nat: $51,711
$5,252
/yr
$5,374
-$0
Saint Louis
MO
-
Nat: $51,711
$27,032
/yr
$15,750
-$0
Missouri State University-West Plains
West Plains
MO
-
Nat: $51,711
$12,068
/yr
-
-$0
Fort Peck Community College
Poplar
MT
-
Nat: $51,711
$1,049
/yr
-
-$0
Helena College University of Montana
Helena
MT
-
Nat: $51,711
$13,085
/yr
-
-$0
Little Big Horn College
Crow Agency
MT
-
Nat: $51,711
$6,556
/yr
-
-$0
Western Nebraska Community College
Scottsbluff
NE
-
Nat: $51,711
$5,979
/yr
-
-$0
Portales
NM
-
Nat: $51,711
$5,238
/yr
-
-$0
University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus
Los Alamos
NM
-
Nat: $51,711
$9,471
/yr
-
-$0
Albuquerque
NM
-
Nat: $51,711
$19,966
/yr
-
-$0
San Juan College
Farmington
NM
-
Nat: $51,711
$2,104
/yr
-
-$0
Mesalands Community College
Tucumcari
NM
-
Nat: $51,711
$10,920
/yr
-
-$0
Forsyth Technical Community College
Winston-Salem
NC
-
Nat: $51,711
$2,937
/yr
-
-$0
Mitchell Community College
Statesville
NC
-
Nat: $51,711
$5,250
/yr
-
-$0
Roanoke-Chowan Community College
Ahoskie
NC
-
Nat: $51,711
$4,688
/yr
-
-$0
Tri-County Community College
Murphy
NC
-
Nat: $51,711
$1,103
/yr
-
-$0
Cankdeska Cikana Community College
Fort Totten
ND
-
Nat: $51,711
$18,531
/yr
-
-$0
Cincinnati
OH
-
Nat: $51,711
$24,917
/yr
-
-$0
University of Cincinnati-Clermont College
Batavia
OH
-
Nat: $51,711
$11,449
/yr
-
-$0
University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College
Blue Ash
OH
-
Nat: $51,711
$13,910
/yr
-
-$0
Stark State College
North Canton
OH
-
Nat: $51,711
$5,670
/yr
-
-$0
Keystone College
La Plume
PA
-
Nat: $51,711
$22,909
/yr
-
-$0
Baptist Health Sciences University
Memphis
TN
-
Nat: $51,711
$10,165
/yr
-
-$0
El Paso Community College
El Paso
TX
-
Nat: $51,711
$6,869
/yr
-
-$0
Paris Junior College
Paris
TX
-
Nat: $51,711
$11,063
/yr
-
-$0
South Plains College
Levelland
TX
-
Nat: $51,711
$8,697
/yr
-
-$0
Temple College
Temple
TX
-
Nat: $51,711
$8,451
/yr
$9,250
-$0
Western Texas College
Snyder
TX
-
Nat: $51,711
$3,101
/yr
-
-$0
Utah Tech University
Saint George
UT
-
Nat: $51,711
$18,287
/yr
-
-$0
Snow College
Ephraim
UT
-
Nat: $51,711
$7,556
/yr
-
-$0
College Place
WA
-
Nat: $51,711
$27,786
/yr
-
-$0
Huntington
WV
-
Nat: $51,711
$7,341
/yr
-
-$0
Casper College
Casper
WY
-
Nat: $51,711
$8,870
/yr
-
-$0
Eastern Wyoming College
Torrington
WY
-
Nat: $51,711
$3,986
/yr
-
-$0
Northwest College
Powell
WY
-
Nat: $51,711
$7,660
/yr
-
-$0
Western Wyoming Community College
Rock Springs
WY
-
Nat: $51,711
$10,352
/yr
-
-$0
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University
Hayward
WI
-
Nat: $51,711
$8,000
/yr
-
-$0
St Charles Community College
Cottleville
MO
-
Nat: $51,711
$7,871
/yr
-
-$0
Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College
Ruidoso
NM
-
Nat: $51,711
$3,567
/yr
-
-$0
South Texas College
McAllen
TX
-
Nat: $51,711
$855
/yr
-
-$0
California
PA
-
Nat: $51,711
$17,839
/yr
-
-$0
St Philip's College
San Antonio
TX
$46,564
Nat: $51,711
5yr Post-Grad
$4,544
/yr
-
-$3k
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester
MA
$45,584
Nat: $51,711
5yr Post-Grad
$6,588
/yr
-
-$17k
Georgia Military College
Milledgeville
GA
$46,551
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$18,466
/yr
$9,971
-$20k
Palo Alto College
San Antonio
TX
$40,148
Nat: $51,711
5yr Post-Grad
$3,887
/yr
-
-$66k
Three Rivers College
Poplar Bluff
MO
$40,141
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$9,000
/yr
$9,000
-$67k
Mt Hood Community College
Gresham
OR
$39,432
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$5,233
/yr
-
-$67k
Holmes Community College
Goodman
MS
$37,416
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$6,993
/yr
$7,383
-$91k
Merritt College
Oakland
CA
$37,484
Nat: $51,711
5yr Post-Grad
$6,360
/yr
-
-$97k
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston
MS
$32,296
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$7,502
/yr
-
-$144k
Coahoma Community College
Clarksdale
MS
$30,484
Nat: $51,711
4yr Post-Grad
$1,198
/yr
-
-$151k
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).