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Associate's Degree125 Institutions
Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
Bucks County Community College
Newtown
PA
$50,033
5yr Post-Grad
$7,561
/yr
-
+$25k
CUNY Hostos Community College
Bronx
NY
$47,853
5yr Post-Grad
$5,001
/yr
-
+$8k
North Shore Community College
Danvers
MA
$40,058
5yr Post-Grad
$7,321
/yr
$7,000
-$72k
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa
CA
$37,573
5yr Post-Grad
$5,541
/yr
-
-$94k
Connecticut State Community College
New Britain
CT
$38,120
5yr Post-Grad
$8,865
/yr
-
-$95k
College of Lake County
Grayslake
IL
$36,994
5yr Post-Grad
$6,212
/yr
-
-$101k
Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque
NM
$36,367
5yr Post-Grad
$3,454
/yr
$5,900
-$102k
El Camino Community College District
Torrance
CA
$35,881
5yr Post-Grad
$5,170
/yr
-
-$110k
Saint Paul College
Saint Paul
MN
$36,990
5yr Post-Grad
$12,040
/yr
-
-$112k
Jefferson Community and Technical College
Louisville
KY
$34,400
5yr Post-Grad
$6,058
/yr
-
-$127k
Montgomery County Community College
Blue Bell
PA
$35,073
5yr Post-Grad
$9,930
/yr
-
-$127k
State Fair Community College
Sedalia
MO
$34,108
5yr Post-Grad
$7,485
/yr
-
-$132k
Schenectady County Community College
Schenectady
NY
$33,417
5yr Post-Grad
$5,298
/yr
-
-$135k
Nashville State Community College
Nashville
TN
$33,527
5yr Post-Grad
$6,283
/yr
-
-$136k
Massasoit Community College
Brockton
MA
$33,695
5yr Post-Grad
$7,718
/yr
-
-$137k
Fresno City College
Fresno
CA
$32,162
5yr Post-Grad
$1,699
/yr
-
-$141k
York Technical College
Rock Hill
SC
$32,514
5yr Post-Grad
$4,657
/yr
$6,750
-$143k
Oakland Community College
Auburn Hills
MI
$32,380
5yr Post-Grad
$4,568
/yr
-
-$144k
Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls
SD
$34,479
5yr Post-Grad
$17,165
/yr
-
-$146k
Citrus College
Glendora
CA
$32,000
5yr Post-Grad
$3,800
/yr
-
-$147k
Gateway Community and Technical College
Florence
KY
$32,213
5yr Post-Grad
$5,897
/yr
-
-$148k
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill
Cobleskill
NY
$34,416
5yr Post-Grad
$17,980
/yr
-
-$148k
Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park
MN
$33,118
5yr Post-Grad
$10,925
/yr
-
-$148k
Merritt College
Oakland
CA
$33,629
5yr Post-Grad
$14,742
/yr
-
-$150k
Southeast Community College Area
Lincoln
NE
$32,146
5yr Post-Grad
$8,470
/yr
$15,188
-$154k
Coalinga College
Coalinga
CA
$31,962
5yr Post-Grad
$8,626
/yr
-
-$156k
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Minneapolis
MN
$32,801
5yr Post-Grad
$13,235
/yr
$25,500
-$156k
Cerritos College
Norwalk
CA
$30,470
5yr Post-Grad
$693
/yr
-
-$156k
Lakeland Community College
Kirtland
OH
$31,436
5yr Post-Grad
$7,557
/yr
-
-$159k
Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale
VA
$31,603
5yr Post-Grad
$8,554
/yr
$13,000
-$159k
Greenville Technical College
Greenville
SC
$31,089
5yr Post-Grad
$6,246
/yr
-
-$160k
San Joaquin Delta College
Stockton
CA
$31,494
5yr Post-Grad
$8,508
/yr
-
-$160k
Rio Hondo College
Whittier
CA
$31,944
5yr Post-Grad
$11,903
/yr
-
-$162k
Ventura College
Ventura
CA
$30,138
5yr Post-Grad
$2,257
/yr
-
-$162k
Delgado Community College
New Orleans
LA
$31,645
5yr Post-Grad
$11,926
/yr
$31,707
-$165k
Mt San Antonio College
Walnut
CA
$29,964
5yr Post-Grad
$3,107
/yr
-
-$166k
Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny
IA
$31,337
5yr Post-Grad
$11,050
/yr
-
-$167k
Baker College
Owosso
MI
$32,007
5yr Post-Grad
$15,171
/yr
$21,699
-$167k
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Richmond
VA
$29,770
5yr Post-Grad
$4,553
/yr
-
-$170k
Polk State College
Winter Haven
FL
$30,459
5yr Post-Grad
$9,027
/yr
-
-$172k
College of the Canyons
Santa Clarita
CA
$29,188
5yr Post-Grad
$2,114
/yr
-
-$172k
George C Wallace Community College-Dothan
Dothan
AL
$29,159
5yr Post-Grad
$2,697
/yr
-
-$173k
Hudson Valley Community College
Troy
NY
$29,664
5yr Post-Grad
$7,118
/yr
$7,679
-$176k
Mott Community College
Flint
MI
$29,470
5yr Post-Grad
$6,258
/yr
-
-$177k
Hawkeye Community College
Waterloo
IA
$30,114
5yr Post-Grad
$10,298
/yr
-
-$177k
Los Angeles Pierce College
Woodland Hills
CA
$30,183
5yr Post-Grad
$11,196
/yr
-
-$178k
San Antonio College
San Antonio
TX
$29,043
5yr Post-Grad
$5,290
/yr
-
-$179k
Tulsa Community College
Tulsa
OK
$29,026
5yr Post-Grad
$5,999
/yr
$13,965
-$181k
Post University
Waterbury
CT
$31,312
5yr Post-Grad
$19,196
/yr
$28,361
-$182k
Pearl River Community College
Poplarville
MS
$28,538
5yr Post-Grad
$4,881
/yr
-
-$183k
Erie Community College
Buffalo
NY
$28,719
5yr Post-Grad
$6,358
/yr
-
-$184k
Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield
MO
$28,807
5yr Post-Grad
$7,340
/yr
$18,185
-$185k
Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth
TX
$28,166
5yr Post-Grad
$6,073
/yr
-
-$189k
Tidewater Community College
Norfolk
VA
$28,479
5yr Post-Grad
$7,991
/yr
$16,642
-$190k
San Bernardino Valley College
San Bernardino
CA
$28,231
5yr Post-Grad
$8,234
/yr
-
-$193k
City College of San Francisco
San Francisco
CA
$27,897
5yr Post-Grad
$7,272
/yr
-
-$194k
Jefferson Community College
Watertown
NY
$28,551
5yr Post-Grad
$11,012
/yr
-
-$195k
Saint Louis Community College
Bridgeton
MO
$27,618
5yr Post-Grad
$6,458
/yr
-
-$196k
Los Angeles Trade Technical College
Los Angeles
CA
$28,221
5yr Post-Grad
$10,658
/yr
-
-$197k
Mount Wachusett Community College
Gardner
MA
$27,799
5yr Post-Grad
$8,651
/yr
$4,691
-$198k
West Kentucky Community and Technical College
Paducah
KY
$26,854
5yr Post-Grad
$5,023
/yr
-
-$201k
Dyersburg State Community College
Dyersburg
TN
$26,694
5yr Post-Grad
$4,322
/yr
-
-$201k
Delta College
University Center
MI
$26,632
5yr Post-Grad
$4,550
/yr
-
-$202k
American Public University System
Charles Town
WV
$27,395
5yr Post-Grad
$9,104
/yr
$20,756
-$203k
Louisiana Delta Community College
Monroe
LA
$27,056
5yr Post-Grad
$8,306
/yr
-
-$205k
Gadsden State Community College
Gadsden
AL
$24,421
2yr Post-Grad
$3,568
/yr
-
-$208k
South Central College
North Mankato
MN
$27,101
5yr Post-Grad
$10,314
/yr
-
-$208k
Carl Albert State College
Poteau
OK
$26,417
5yr Post-Grad
$6,855
/yr
-
-$209k
Pierpont Community and Technical College
Fairmont
WV
$26,725
5yr Post-Grad
$9,096
/yr
-
-$210k
Jefferson State Community College
Birmingham
AL
$26,505
5yr Post-Grad
$9,024
/yr
-
-$212k
East Los Angeles College
Monterey Park
CA
$26,519
5yr Post-Grad
$9,791
/yr
-
-$213k
Dakota County Technical College
Rosemount
MN
$25,194
2yr Post-Grad
$11,140
/yr
-
-$213k
Harcum College
Bryn Mawr
PA
$29,108
5yr Post-Grad
$24,791
/yr
$18,440
-$214k
Rochester Community and Technical College
Rochester
MN
$25,194
2yr Post-Grad
$13,148
/yr
-
-$217k
Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
PA
$25,703
5yr Post-Grad
$8,166
/yr
$12,255
-$218k
Maysville Community and Technical College
Maysville
KY
$25,226
5yr Post-Grad
$5,577
/yr
-
-$218k
Luzerne County Community College
Nanticoke
PA
$25,439
5yr Post-Grad
$10,228
/yr
-
-$225k
Midlands Technical College
West Columbia
SC
$24,422
5yr Post-Grad
$5,462
/yr
$11,250
-$226k
Horry-Georgetown Technical College
Conway
SC
$24,089
5yr Post-Grad
$3,719
/yr
-
-$227k
Baltimore City Community College
Baltimore
MD
$23,649
2yr Post-Grad
$9,769
/yr
-
-$227k
Nunez Community College
Chalmette
LA
$24,915
5yr Post-Grad
$10,017
/yr
-
-$230k
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
San Juan
PR
$23,953
5yr Post-Grad
$6,507
/yr
-
-$233k
Seminole State College
Seminole
OK
$24,035
2yr Post-Grad
$15,328
/yr
-
-$233k
Holyoke Community College
Holyoke
MA
$23,887
5yr Post-Grad
$6,860
/yr
-
-$234k
College of the Redwoods
Eureka
CA
$23,132
5yr Post-Grad
$3,214
/yr
-
-$235k
Macomb Community College
Warren
MI
$22,192
2yr Post-Grad
$5,725
/yr
-
-$236k
Northshore Technical Community College
Lacombe
LA
$22,824
2yr Post-Grad
$9,942
/yr
-
-$237k
Yuba College
Marysville
CA
$23,037
5yr Post-Grad
$3,573
/yr
-
-$237k
South Texas College
McAllen
TX
$22,217
5yr Post-Grad
$1,291
/yr
-
-$241k
Ashland Community and Technical College
Ashland
KY
$22,634
5yr Post-Grad
$4,907
/yr
-
-$244k
East Central Community College
Decatur
MS
$22,630
5yr Post-Grad
$5,770
/yr
-
-$245k
San Diego City College
San Diego
CA
$20,140
2yr Post-Grad
$-818
/yr
-
-$246k
Colorado Mesa University
Grand Junction
CO
$22,652
2yr Post-Grad
$15,331
/yr
-
-$248k
Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma City
OK
$22,185
5yr Post-Grad
$5,135
/yr
-
-$249k
Hinds Community College
Raymond
MS
$21,358
5yr Post-Grad
$3,158
/yr
$18,500
-$253k
Metropolitan Community College Area
Omaha
NE
$20,140
2yr Post-Grad
$4,005
/yr
-
-$255k
Northwood Technical College
Rice Lake
WI
$20,824
2yr Post-Grad
$8,892
/yr
$11,000
-$256k
Merced College
Merced
CA
$21,220
5yr Post-Grad
$4,260
/yr
-
-$257k
Northwest Technical College
Bemidji
MN
$21,312
2yr Post-Grad
$12,941
/yr
-
-$259k
Wor-Wic Community College
Salisbury
MD
$20,140
2yr Post-Grad
$6,573
/yr
-
-$260k
Somerset Community College
Somerset
KY
$20,574
5yr Post-Grad
$3,913
/yr
$10,500
-$263k
Schoolcraft Community College District
Livonia
MI
$19,227
2yr Post-Grad
$5,372
/yr
-
-$267k
Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute
Hudson
NC
$19,045
2yr Post-Grad
$5,517
/yr
-
-$270k
Madisonville Community College
Madisonville
KY
$20,185
5yr Post-Grad
$5,782
/yr
-
-$270k
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston
MS
$20,327
5yr Post-Grad
$7,372
/yr
$10,940
-$272k
Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Rapids
MI
$19,455
2yr Post-Grad
$11,153
/yr
$12,614
-$275k
Moraine Valley Community College
Palos Hills
IL
$17,489
2yr Post-Grad
$1,771
/yr
-
-$280k
SUNY Broome Community College
Binghamton
NY
$18,498
2yr Post-Grad
$8,035
/yr
-
-$280k
Itawamba Community College
Fulton
MS
$18,973
5yr Post-Grad
$5,034
/yr
-
-$281k
Southwest Texas College
Uvalde
TX
$18,087
2yr Post-Grad
$7,634
/yr
-
-$284k
Lake Land College
Mattoon
IL
$17,214
2yr Post-Grad
$3,271
/yr
-
-$285k
ICPR Junior College
Hato Rey
PR
$17,931
5yr Post-Grad
$5,196
/yr
-
-$292k
El Paso Community College
El Paso
TX
$17,680
5yr Post-Grad
$4,154
/yr
-
-$293k
Cleveland State Community College
Cleveland
TN
$17,806
5yr Post-Grad
$6,183
/yr
-
-$296k
Piedmont Technical College
Greenwood
SC
$17,214
2yr Post-Grad
$10,862
/yr
-
-$299k
Southern Union State Community College
Wadley
AL
$16,786
2yr Post-Grad
$8,652
/yr
-
-$300k
Chemeketa Community College
Salem
OR
$16,663
2yr Post-Grad
$8,457
/yr
-
-$301k
Rogue Community College
Grants Pass
OR
$16,663
2yr Post-Grad
$8,493
/yr
-
-$301k
College of the Sequoias
Visalia
CA
$14,935
2yr Post-Grad
$29
/yr
-
-$304k
Tompkins Cortland Community College
Dryden
NY
$17,014
2yr Post-Grad
$12,851
/yr
-
-$305k
McHenry County College
Crystal Lake
IL
$15,552
2yr Post-Grad
$8,093
/yr
-
-$312k
Danville Community College
Danville
VA
$14,318
2yr Post-Grad
$7,158
/yr
-
-$324k
Cuyamaca College
El Cajon
CA
$13,702
2yr Post-Grad
$6,187
/yr
-
-$330k
University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College
North Little Rock
AR
$14,935
2yr Post-Grad
$15,000
/yr
-
-$332k
Washtenaw Community College
Ann Arbor
MI
$11,586
5yr Post-Grad
$3,561
/yr
-
-$357k
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).
Important Note: Your ROI with any major will depend on the cost you pay to attend the program, and your starting salary. Both vary significantly across institutions. We encourage you to explore the ROI of a specific program variant by selecting the Program title of the credential level you are interested in. You will then have a more detailed return analysis for programs at specific institutions. We also encourage you to use the ROI calculator with your specific estimates of cost and salary.