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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 ($49,887)
P25-P75 Interval ($29,685 - $53,769)
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 ($49,976)
P25-P75 Interval ($33,791 - $53,769)
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 ($49,976)
P25-P75 Interval ($33,791 - $53,769)
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
Tempe
AZ
$60,220
Nat: $40,962
4yr Post-Grad
$14,694
/yr
$15,000
+$187k
Iowa City
IA
$59,801
Nat: $40,962
4yr Post-Grad
$22,508
/yr
$22,125
+$175k
Institute of Culinary Education
New York
Earnings shared by 2 Institute of Culinary Education campuses, which report as one program.
NY
$53,566
Nat: $40,962
4yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
-
+$131k
Institute of Culinary Education
Pasadena
Earnings shared by 2 Institute of Culinary Education campuses, which report as one program.
CA
$53,566
Nat: $40,962
4yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
-
+$131k
Indianapolis
IN
$54,060
Nat: $40,962
4yr Post-Grad
$9,479
/yr
-
+$127k
Colorado Mountain College
Glenwood Springs
CO
$53,769
Nat: $40,962
4yr Post-Grad
$8,218
/yr
-
+$125k
Flagstaff
AZ
$51,008
Nat: $40,962
4yr Post-Grad
$17,265
/yr
$12,700
+$87k
Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh
NC
$50,065
Nat: $40,962
4yr Post-Grad
$6,738
/yr
-
+$87k
University of Phoenix-Arizona
Phoenix
AZ
$49,887
Nat: $40,962
4yr Post-Grad
$13,916
/yr
-
+$79k
Boca Raton
FL
$45,806
Nat: $40,962
4yr Post-Grad
$10,394
/yr
-
+$38k
Jefferson State Community College
Birmingham
AL
-
Nat: $40,962
$5,500
/yr
-
-$0
Central Arizona College
Coolidge
AZ
-
Nat: $40,962
$1,161
/yr
-
-$0
Pima Community College
Tucson
AZ
-
Nat: $40,962
$3,976
/yr
-
-$0
Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale
AZ
-
Nat: $40,962
$10,569
/yr
-
-$0
University of Arkansas at Monticello
Monticello
AR
-
Nat: $40,962
$15,990
/yr
-
-$0
National Park College
Hot Springs
AR
-
Nat: $40,962
$8,864
/yr
-
-$0
University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College
North Little Rock
AR
-
Nat: $40,962
$11,354
/yr
-
-$0
Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga
CA
-
Nat: $40,962
$24,504
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia College
Sonora
CA
-
Nat: $40,962
$9,054
/yr
-
-$0
Napa Valley College
Napa
CA
-
Nat: $40,962
$3,152
/yr
-
-$0
Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa
CA
-
Nat: $40,962
$1,850
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego Mesa College
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $40,962
$21,767
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa
CA
-
Nat: $40,962
$6,765
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles
CA
-
Nat: $40,962
$33,056
/yr
-
-$0
Coalinga College
Coalinga
CA
-
Nat: $40,962
$9,339
/yr
-
-$0
Front Range Community College
Westminster
CO
-
Nat: $40,962
$7,972
/yr
-
-$0
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Jacksonville
FL
-
Nat: $40,962
$8,717
/yr
-
-$0
The College of the Florida Keys
Key West
FL
-
Nat: $40,962
$22,013
/yr
-
-$0
Hillsborough College
Tampa
FL
-
Nat: $40,962
$3,594
/yr
-
-$0
Miami Dade College
Miami
FL
-
Nat: $40,962
$3,814
/yr
-
-$0
Orange Technical College
Orlando
FL
-
Nat: $40,962
$11,952
/yr
-
-$0
Palm Beach State College
Lake Worth
FL
-
Nat: $40,962
$8,820
/yr
-
-$0
Valencia College
Orlando
FL
-
Nat: $40,962
$9,264
/yr
-
-$0
Atlanta Technical College
Atlanta
GA
-
Nat: $40,962
$2,240
/yr
-
-$0
Gwinnett Technical College
Lawrenceville
GA
-
Nat: $40,962
$15,675
/yr
-
-$0
Savannah Technical College
Savannah
GA
-
Nat: $40,962
$3,457
/yr
-
-$0
Kapiolani Community College
Honolulu
HI
-
Nat: $40,962
$8,406
/yr
-
-$0
Kauai Community College
Lihue
HI
-
Nat: $40,962
$4,931
/yr
-
-$0
North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene
ID
-
Nat: $40,962
$5,914
/yr
-
-$0
College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls
ID
-
Nat: $40,962
$9,371
/yr
-
-$0
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College
Chicago
IL
-
Nat: $40,962
$7,250
/yr
-
-$0
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn
IL
-
Nat: $40,962
$5,165
/yr
-
-$0
Joliet Junior College
Joliet
IL
-
Nat: $40,962
$4,588
/yr
-
-$0
Moraine Valley Community College
Palos Hills
IL
-
Nat: $40,962
$3,887
/yr
-
-$0
Triton College
River Grove
IL
-
Nat: $40,962
$3,243
/yr
-
-$0
William Rainey Harper College
Palatine
IL
-
Nat: $40,962
$10,058
/yr
-
-$0
Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis
IN
-
Nat: $40,962
$5,673
/yr
-
-$0
Iowa Central Community College
Fort Dodge
IA
-
Nat: $40,962
$12,725
/yr
-
-$0
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
IA
-
Nat: $40,962
$12,073
/yr
-
-$0
Sioux City
IA
-
Nat: $40,962
$9,042
/yr
-
-$0
Sullivan University
Louisville
KY
-
Nat: $40,962
$28,420
/yr
-
-$0
Portland
ME
-
Nat: $40,962
$14,927
/yr
-
-$0
Allegany College of Maryland
Cumberland
MD
-
Nat: $40,962
$9,207
/yr
-
-$0
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold
MD
-
Nat: $40,962
$8,888
/yr
-
-$0
Chesapeake College
Wye Mills
MD
-
Nat: $40,962
$4,408
/yr
-
-$0
Howard Community College
Columbia
MD
-
Nat: $40,962
$11,875
/yr
-
-$0
Prince George's Community College
Largo
MD
-
Nat: $40,962
$9,310
/yr
-
-$0
Wor-Wic Community College
Salisbury
MD
-
Nat: $40,962
$5,678
/yr
-
-$0
Bunker Hill Community College
Boston
MA
-
Nat: $40,962
$5,976
/yr
-
-$0
Cape Cod Community College
West Barnstable
MA
-
Nat: $40,962
$7,964
/yr
-
-$0
Holyoke Community College
Holyoke
MA
-
Nat: $40,962
$6,427
/yr
-
-$0
Massachusetts Bay Community College
Wellesley Hills
MA
-
Nat: $40,962
$1,756
/yr
-
-$0
Middlesex Community College
Bedford
MA
-
Nat: $40,962
$3,970
/yr
-
-$0
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester
MA
-
Nat: $40,962
$6,588
/yr
-
-$0
Big Rapids
MI
-
Nat: $40,962
$8,402
/yr
-
-$0
Henry Ford College
Dearborn
MI
-
Nat: $40,962
$317
/yr
-
-$0
Normandale Community College
Bloomington
MN
-
Nat: $40,962
$18,780
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Paul College
Saint Paul
MN
-
Nat: $40,962
$17,954
/yr
-
-$0
East Mississippi Community College
Scooba
MS
-
Nat: $40,962
$3,276
/yr
-
-$0
Hinds Community College
Raymond
MS
-
Nat: $40,962
$6,135
/yr
-
-$0
Hattiesburg
MS
-
Nat: $40,962
$21,172
/yr
-
-$0
Springfield
MO
-
Nat: $40,962
$17,270
/yr
$21,718
-$0
Three Rivers College
Poplar Bluff
MO
-
Nat: $40,962
$9,000
/yr
-
-$0
College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas
NV
-
Nat: $40,962
$6,016
/yr
-
-$0
Plymouth
NH
-
Nat: $40,962
$19,530
/yr
-
-$0
NHTI-Concord's Community College
Concord
NH
-
Nat: $40,962
$10,176
/yr
-
-$0
Bergen Community College
Paramus
NJ
-
Nat: $40,962
$10,158
/yr
-
-$0
Rowan College at Burlington County
Mount Laurel
NJ
-
Nat: $40,962
$7,766
/yr
-
-$0
Middlesex College
Edison
NJ
-
Nat: $40,962
$4,122
/yr
-
-$0
Raritan Valley Community College
Branchburg
NJ
-
Nat: $40,962
$4,662
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe
NM
-
Nat: $40,962
$6,863
/yr
-
-$0
Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo
Buffalo
NY
-
Nat: $40,962
$12,430
/yr
-
-$0
Genesee Community College
Batavia
NY
-
Nat: $40,962
$8,903
/yr
-
-$0
Schenectady County Community College
Schenectady
NY
-
Nat: $40,962
$6,689
/yr
-
-$0
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Asheville
NC
-
Nat: $40,962
$8,652
/yr
-
-$0
Cape Fear Community College
Wilmington
NC
-
Nat: $40,962
$6,156
/yr
-
-$0
Carteret Community College
Morehead City
NC
-
Nat: $40,962
$9,817
/yr
-
-$0
Coastal Carolina Community College
Jacksonville
NC
-
Nat: $40,962
$9,584
/yr
-
-$0
Nash Community College
Rocky Mount
NC
-
Nat: $40,962
$2,638
/yr
-
-$0
Columbus State Community College
Columbus
OH
-
Nat: $40,962
$7,667
/yr
-
-$0
Kent State University at Ashtabula
Ashtabula
OH
-
Nat: $40,962
$10,310
/yr
-
-$0
Kent
OH
-
Nat: $40,962
$20,294
/yr
-
-$0
Chemeketa Community College
Salem
OR
-
Nat: $40,962
$5,855
/yr
-
-$0
Bucks County Community College
Newtown
PA
-
Nat: $40,962
$5,431
/yr
-
-$0
Philadelphia
PA
-
Nat: $40,962
$23,058
/yr
-
-$0
Community College of Rhode Island
Warwick
RI
-
Nat: $40,962
$5,861
/yr
-
-$0
Trident Technical College
Charleston
SC
-
Nat: $40,962
-
/yr
$12,708
-$0
Columbia State Community College
Columbia
TN
-
Nat: $40,962
$6,793
/yr
-
-$0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Upper Cumberland
Crossville
TN
-
Nat: $40,962
$12,575
/yr
-
-$0
Austin Community College District
Austin
TX
-
Nat: $40,962
$2,445
/yr
-
-$0
Central Texas College
Killeen
TX
-
Nat: $40,962
$5,337
/yr
-
-$0
Grayson College
Denison
TX
-
Nat: $40,962
$5,743
/yr
-
-$0
Houston City College
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $40,962
$4,575
/yr
-
-$0
Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth
TX
-
Nat: $40,962
$3,775
/yr
-
-$0
Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach
VA
-
Nat: $40,962
$12,243
/yr
-
-$0
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Richmond
VA
-
Nat: $40,962
$5,599
/yr
-
-$0
Peninsula College
Port Angeles
WA
-
Nat: $40,962
$18,576
/yr
-
-$0
Spokane Community College
Spokane
WA
-
Nat: $40,962
$20,482
/yr
-
-$0
Madison Area Technical College
Madison
WI
-
Nat: $40,962
$11,919
/yr
-
-$0
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee
WI
-
Nat: $40,962
$10,493
/yr
-
-$0
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Green Bay
WI
-
Nat: $40,962
$9,232
/yr
-
-$0
Waukesha County Technical College
Pewaukee
WI
-
Nat: $40,962
$11,014
/yr
-
-$0
Central Wyoming College
Riverton
WY
-
Nat: $40,962
$12,055
/yr
-
-$0
Northern Wyoming Community College District
Sheridan
WY
-
Nat: $40,962
$11,256
/yr
-
-$0
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German
San German
PR
-
Nat: $40,962
$11,050
/yr
-
-$0
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus
Carolina
PR
-
Nat: $40,962
$6,349
/yr
-
-$0
Athens Technical College
Athens
GA
-
Nat: $40,962
$7,929
/yr
-
-$0
Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlester
McAlester
OK
-
Nat: $40,962
$3,110
/yr
-
-$0
Klamath Community College
Klamath Falls
OR
-
Nat: $40,962
$12,098
/yr
-
-$0
Lemoore College
Lemoore
CA
-
Nat: $40,962
$11,802
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach
AL
-
Nat: $40,962
$15,834
/yr
-
-$0
Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa
Wauwatosa
WI
-
Nat: $40,962
$14,592
/yr
-
-$0
Bryant & Stratton College-Online
Orchard Park
NY
-
Nat: $40,962
$14,087
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Muscogee Nation
Okmulgee
OK
-
Nat: $40,962
$17,051
/yr
-
-$0
Augusta
GA
-
Nat: $40,962
$12,017
/yr
-
-$0
Tulsa Technology Center
Tulsa
OK
-
Nat: $40,962
$8,334
/yr
-
-$0
Tidewater Community College
Norfolk
VA
$34,757
Nat: $40,962
4yr Post-Grad
$11,681
/yr
-
-$85k
Sinclair Community College
Dayton
OH
$33,791
Nat: $40,962
4yr Post-Grad
$5,245
/yr
-
-$89k
Cuyahoga Community College District
Cleveland
OH
$29,685
Nat: $40,962
2yr Post-Grad
$2,652
/yr
-
-$119k
Albany Technical College
Albany
GA
$28,033
Nat: $40,962
4yr Post-Grad
$2,966
/yr
-
-$151k
American Public University System
Charles Town
WV
$25,194
Nat: $40,962
2yr Post-Grad
$11,116
/yr
-
-$179k
NUC University
Bayamon
PR
$20,179
Nat: $40,962
4yr Post-Grad
$11,921
/yr
$12,940
-$248k
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).