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Undergrad Certificate•179 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 ($56,635)
P25-P75 Interval ($44,708 - $71,664)
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 ($55,535)
P25-P75 Interval ($44,708 - $71,664)
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 ($55,535)
P25-P75 Interval ($44,708 - $71,664)
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
Minnesota North College
Hibbing
MN
$98,600
Nat: $57,294
5yr Post-Grad
$12,194
/yr
-
+$547k
Antelope Valley Community College District
Lancaster
CA
$80,363
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$85
/yr
-
+$400k
Panola College
Carthage
TX
$78,310
Nat: $57,294
5yr Post-Grad
$7,932
/yr
-
+$358k
Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Rapids
MI
$76,216
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$3,357
/yr
-
+$356k
Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis
IN
$73,160
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$5,673
/yr
$7,598
+$324k
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
Cincinnati
OH
$72,567
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$5,184
/yr
-
+$319k
Warrensburg
MO
$72,417
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$15,554
/yr
$21,500
+$308k
Lone Star College System
The Woodlands
TX
$71,664
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$15,874
/yr
-
+$300k
Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park
MN
$70,439
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$16,180
/yr
-
+$288k
Patrick & Henry Community College
Martinsville
VA
$66,611
Nat: $57,294
5yr Post-Grad
$3,885
/yr
-
+$249k
Texas State Technical College
Waco
TX
$61,718
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$13,663
/yr
-
+$203k
Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh
NC
$61,060
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$6,738
/yr
-
+$203k
Central Lakes College-Brainerd
Brainerd
MN
$59,783
Nat: $57,294
5yr Post-Grad
$15,556
/yr
-
+$169k
Connecticut State Community College
New Britain
CT
$56,635
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$9,195
/yr
-
+$154k
Olympic College
Bremerton
WA
$54,435
Nat: $57,294
2yr Post-Grad
$10,370
/yr
-
+$153k
Goodwin University
East Hartford
CT
$57,332
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$31,759
/yr
$6,311
+$141k
Stark State College
North Canton
OH
$53,787
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$5,670
/yr
-
+$128k
Fresno City College
Fresno
CA
$53,550
Nat: $57,294
5yr Post-Grad
$3,839
/yr
-
+$116k
Danville Community College
Danville
VA
$51,968
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$4,767
/yr
-
+$109k
Crowder College
Neosho
MO
$50,650
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$9,098
/yr
-
+$91k
Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield
MO
$45,441
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$15,488
/yr
-
+$29k
Central Louisiana Technical Community College
Alexandria
LA
$42,682
Nat: $57,294
2yr Post-Grad
$5,162
/yr
-
+$27k
Southwest Virginia Community College
Cedar Bluff
VA
$44,736
Nat: $57,294
5yr Post-Grad
$5,173
/yr
-
+$22k
Hohokus School of Trade and Technical Sciences
Paterson
NJ
$44,708
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$24,034
/yr
$11,482
+$13k
Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology
Wichita
KS
$43,482
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$10,348
/yr
$3,300
+$13k
Chattahoochee Valley Community College
Phenix City
AL
-
Nat: $57,294
$6,561
/yr
-
-$0
John C Calhoun State Community College
Tanner
AL
-
Nat: $57,294
$7,874
/yr
-
-$0
Lawson State Community College
Birmingham
AL
-
Nat: $57,294
$6,248
/yr
-
-$0
H Councill Trenholm State Community College
Montgomery
AL
-
Nat: $57,294
$8,855
/yr
-
-$0
Bevill State Community College
Jasper
AL
-
Nat: $57,294
$4,857
/yr
-
-$0
Central Arizona College
Coolidge
AZ
-
Nat: $57,294
$1,161
/yr
-
-$0
University of Arkansas at Monticello
Monticello
AR
-
Nat: $57,294
$15,990
/yr
-
-$0
Phillips Community College of the University of Arkansas
Helena
AR
-
Nat: $57,294
$5,957
/yr
-
-$0
University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College
North Little Rock
AR
-
Nat: $57,294
$11,354
/yr
-
-$0
South Arkansas College
El Dorado
AR
-
Nat: $57,294
$5,607
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Canyons
Santa Clarita
CA
-
Nat: $57,294
$19,542
/yr
-
-$0
Reedley College
Reedley
CA
-
Nat: $57,294
$6,055
/yr
-
-$0
Mt San Antonio College
Walnut
CA
-
Nat: $57,294
$1,676
/yr
-
-$0
Porterville College
Porterville
CA
-
Nat: $57,294
$3,071
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego City College
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $57,294
$18,693
/yr
-
-$0
Shasta College
Redding
CA
-
Nat: $57,294
$7,225
/yr
-
-$0
Aims Community College
Greeley
CO
-
Nat: $57,294
$2,470
/yr
-
-$0
College of Central Florida
Ocala
FL
-
Nat: $57,294
$12,950
/yr
-
-$0
Marianna
FL
-
Nat: $57,294
$1,458
/yr
-
-$0
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Jacksonville
FL
-
Nat: $57,294
$8,717
/yr
-
-$0
Hillsborough College
Tampa
FL
-
Nat: $57,294
$3,594
/yr
-
-$0
Manatee Technical College
Bradenton
FL
-
Nat: $57,294
-
/yr
-
-$0
West Georgia Technical College
Waco
GA
-
Nat: $57,294
$2,469
/yr
-
-$0
Columbus Technical College
Columbus
GA
-
Nat: $57,294
$7,638
/yr
-
-$0
Wiregrass Georgia Technical College
Valdosta
GA
-
Nat: $57,294
-
/yr
-
-$0
College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls
ID
-
Nat: $57,294
$9,371
/yr
-
-$0
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn
IL
-
Nat: $57,294
$5,165
/yr
-
-$0
Joliet Junior College
Joliet
IL
-
Nat: $57,294
$4,588
/yr
-
-$0
Kankakee Community College
Kankakee
IL
-
Nat: $57,294
$3,419
/yr
-
-$0
Mattoon
IL
-
Nat: $57,294
$5,445
/yr
-
-$0
Prairie State College
Chicago Heights
IL
-
Nat: $57,294
$4,220
/yr
-
-$0
Ina
IL
-
Nat: $57,294
$7,833
/yr
-
-$0
Rock Valley College
Rockford
IL
-
Nat: $57,294
$3,385
/yr
-
-$0
Waubonsee Community College
Sugar Grove
IL
-
Nat: $57,294
$2,551
/yr
-
-$0
Purdue University Fort Wayne
Fort Wayne
IN
-
Nat: $57,294
$12,471
/yr
-
-$0
Indiana State University
Terre Haute
IN
-
Nat: $57,294
$10,103
/yr
-
-$0
Vincennes University
Vincennes
IN
-
Nat: $57,294
$10,093
/yr
-
-$0
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
IA
-
Nat: $57,294
$12,073
/yr
-
-$0
Butler Community College
El Dorado
KS
-
Nat: $57,294
$16,838
/yr
-
-$0
Flint Hills Technical College
Emporia
KS
-
Nat: $57,294
$14,320
/yr
-
-$0
Hutchinson Community College
Hutchinson
KS
-
Nat: $57,294
$3,479
/yr
-
-$0
Topeka
KS
-
Nat: $57,294
$12,822
/yr
-
-$0
Liberal
KS
-
Nat: $57,294
$8,584
/yr
-
-$0
Topeka
KS
-
Nat: $57,294
$11,023
/yr
-
-$0
Lexington
KY
-
Nat: $57,294
$18,868
/yr
$23,750
-$0
Gateway Community and Technical College
Florence
KY
-
Nat: $57,294
$1,391
/yr
-
-$0
Highland Heights
KY
-
Nat: $57,294
$8,976
/yr
-
-$0
Bossier Parish Community College
Bossier City
LA
-
Nat: $57,294
$8,389
/yr
-
-$0
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College
Minden
LA
-
Nat: $57,294
$14,899
/yr
-
-$0
The Landing School
Arundel
ME
-
Nat: $57,294
$38,071
/yr
-
-$0
Hagerstown Community College
Hagerstown
MD
-
Nat: $57,294
$5,259
/yr
-
-$0
Massachusetts Bay Community College
Wellesley Hills
MA
-
Nat: $57,294
$1,756
/yr
-
-$0
Middlesex Community College
Bedford
MA
-
Nat: $57,294
$3,970
/yr
-
-$0
Quinsigamond Community College
Worcester
MA
-
Nat: $57,294
$6,588
/yr
-
-$0
Alpena
MI
-
Nat: $57,294
$3,238
/yr
-
-$0
Glen Oaks Community College
Centreville
MI
-
Nat: $57,294
$5,737
/yr
-
-$0
Henry Ford College
Dearborn
MI
-
Nat: $57,294
$317
/yr
-
-$0
Jackson College
Jackson
MI
-
Nat: $57,294
$9,797
/yr
-
-$0
Macomb Community College
Warren
MI
-
Nat: $57,294
-
/yr
-
-$0
Monroe County Community College
Monroe
MI
-
Nat: $57,294
$4,044
/yr
-
-$0
Schoolcraft Community College District
Livonia
MI
-
Nat: $57,294
$9,329
/yr
-
-$0
St Clair County Community College
Port Huron
MI
-
Nat: $57,294
$10,902
/yr
-
-$0
Northwest Technical College
Bemidji
MN
-
Nat: $57,294
$11,886
/yr
-
-$0
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
Granite Falls
MN
-
Nat: $57,294
$11,331
/yr
-
-$0
South Central College
North Mankato
MN
-
Nat: $57,294
$12,198
/yr
-
-$0
University of Minnesota-Crookston
Crookston
MN
-
Nat: $57,294
$11,170
/yr
-
-$0
Normandale Community College
Bloomington
MN
-
Nat: $57,294
$18,780
/yr
-
-$0
Northland Community and Technical College
Thief River Falls
MN
-
Nat: $57,294
$19,003
/yr
-
-$0
Dunwoody College of Technology
Minneapolis
MN
-
Nat: $57,294
$27,153
/yr
-
-$0
East Central College
Union
MO
-
Nat: $57,294
$13,353
/yr
-
-$0
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
Kansas City
MO
-
Nat: $57,294
$9,851
/yr
-
-$0
Missouri Southern State University
Joplin
MO
-
Nat: $57,294
$10,836
/yr
-
-$0
Missouri State University-West Plains
West Plains
MO
-
Nat: $57,294
$12,068
/yr
-
-$0
State Fair Community College
Sedalia
MO
-
Nat: $57,294
$9,656
/yr
-
-$0
Three Rivers College
Poplar Bluff
MO
-
Nat: $57,294
$9,000
/yr
-
-$0
Great Falls College Montana State University
Great Falls
MT
-
Nat: $57,294
$11,016
/yr
-
-$0
Manchester Community College
Manchester
NH
-
Nat: $57,294
$7,188
/yr
-
-$0
Bergen Community College
Paramus
NJ
-
Nat: $57,294
$10,158
/yr
-
-$0
Camden County College
Blackwood
NJ
-
Nat: $57,294
$2,974
/yr
-
-$0
Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus
Vineland
NJ
-
Nat: $57,294
$12,974
/yr
-
-$0
Jamestown Community College
Jamestown
NY
-
Nat: $57,294
$7,554
/yr
-
-$0
Craven Community College
New Bern
NC
-
Nat: $57,294
$2,384
/yr
-
-$0
Isothermal Community College
Spindale
NC
-
Nat: $57,294
$10,918
/yr
-
-$0
Vance-Granville Community College
Henderson
NC
-
Nat: $57,294
$2,806
/yr
-
-$0
Bismarck
ND
-
Nat: $57,294
$9,531
/yr
-
-$0
North Dakota State College of Science
Wahpeton
ND
-
Nat: $57,294
$11,706
/yr
-
-$0
Sitting Bull College
Fort Yates
ND
-
Nat: $57,294
$2,169
/yr
-
-$0
Cincinnati
OH
-
Nat: $57,294
$24,917
/yr
-
-$0
University of Cincinnati-Clermont College
Batavia
OH
-
Nat: $57,294
$11,449
/yr
-
-$0
Columbus State Community College
Columbus
OH
-
Nat: $57,294
$7,667
/yr
-
-$0
Cuyahoga Community College District
Cleveland
OH
-
Nat: $57,294
$2,652
/yr
-
-$0
Lakeland Community College
Kirtland
OH
-
Nat: $57,294
$3,765
/yr
-
-$0
Lorain County Community College
Elyria
OH
-
Nat: $57,294
$2,992
/yr
-
-$0
North Central State College
Mansfield
OH
-
Nat: $57,294
$5,896
/yr
-
-$0
Owens Community College
Perrysburg
OH
-
Nat: $57,294
$10,862
/yr
-
-$0
Sinclair Community College
Dayton
OH
-
Nat: $57,294
$5,245
/yr
-
-$0
Terra State Community College
Fremont
OH
-
Nat: $57,294
$19,194
/yr
-
-$0
Washington State College of Ohio
Marietta
OH
-
Nat: $57,294
$6,203
/yr
-
-$0
Oklahoma Panhandle State University
Goodwell
OK
-
Nat: $57,294
$8,380
/yr
-
-$0
Central Oregon Community College
Bend
OR
-
Nat: $57,294
$10,426
/yr
-
-$0
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City
OR
-
Nat: $57,294
$9,041
/yr
-
-$0
Lane Community College
Eugene
OR
-
Nat: $57,294
$12,828
/yr
-
-$0
Portland Community College
Portland
OR
-
Nat: $57,294
$6,234
/yr
-
-$0
Rogue Community College
Grants Pass
OR
-
Nat: $57,294
$4,392
/yr
-
-$0
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College
Erie
PA
-
Nat: $57,294
$23,165
/yr
-
-$0
University Park
PA
-
Nat: $57,294
$33,675
/yr
-
-$0
Midlands Technical College
West Columbia
SC
-
Nat: $57,294
$5,745
/yr
-
-$0
Trident Technical College
Charleston
SC
-
Nat: $57,294
-
/yr
-
-$0
Mitchell
SD
-
Nat: $57,294
$9,749
/yr
-
-$0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hartsville
Hartsville
TN
-
Nat: $57,294
$1,659
/yr
-
-$0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest
Newbern
TN
-
Nat: $57,294
$10,224
/yr
-
-$0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Pulaski
Pulaski
TN
-
Nat: $57,294
$23,074
/yr
-
-$0
North Central Texas College
Gainesville
TX
-
Nat: $57,294
$9,607
/yr
-
-$0
El Paso Community College
El Paso
TX
-
Nat: $57,294
$6,869
/yr
-
-$0
Frank Phillips College
Borger
TX
-
Nat: $57,294
$13,338
/yr
-
-$0
Howard College
Big Spring
TX
-
Nat: $57,294
$3,019
/yr
-
-$0
Kilgore College
Kilgore
TX
-
Nat: $57,294
$6,362
/yr
-
-$0
Northeast Texas Community College
Mount Pleasant
TX
-
Nat: $57,294
$5,392
/yr
-
-$0
Davis Technical College
Kaysville
UT
-
Nat: $57,294
$9,899
/yr
-
-$0
Blue Ridge Community College
Weyers Cave
VA
-
Nat: $57,294
$13,500
/yr
-
-$0
Central Virginia Community College
Lynchburg
VA
-
Nat: $57,294
$5,305
/yr
-
-$0
Mountain Gateway Community College
Clifton Forge
VA
-
Nat: $57,294
$4,762
/yr
-
-$0
Eastern Shore Community College
Melfa
VA
-
Nat: $57,294
$4,303
/yr
-
-$0
Brightpoint Community College
Chester
VA
-
Nat: $57,294
$4,793
/yr
-
-$0
Laurel Ridge Community College
Middletown
VA
-
Nat: $57,294
$5,184
/yr
-
-$0
Mountain Empire Community College
Big Stone Gap
VA
-
Nat: $57,294
$7,931
/yr
-
-$0
Southside Virginia Community College
Alberta
VA
-
Nat: $57,294
$10,096
/yr
-
-$0
Virginia Peninsula Community College
Hampton
VA
-
Nat: $57,294
$6,830
/yr
-
-$0
Tidewater Community College
Norfolk
VA
-
Nat: $57,294
$11,681
/yr
-
-$0
Virginia Highlands Community College
Abingdon
VA
-
Nat: $57,294
$6,872
/yr
-
-$0
Everett Community College
Everett
WA
-
Nat: $57,294
$18,421
/yr
-
-$0
Shoreline College
Shoreline
WA
-
Nat: $57,294
$18,564
/yr
-
-$0
Skagit Valley College
Mount Vernon
WA
-
Nat: $57,294
$18,835
/yr
-
-$0
Spokane Community College
Spokane
WA
-
Nat: $57,294
$20,482
/yr
-
-$0
West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Parkersburg
WV
-
Nat: $57,294
-
/yr
-
-$0
Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton
WI
-
Nat: $57,294
$15,585
/yr
-
-$0
Moraine Park Technical College
Fond du Lac
WI
-
Nat: $57,294
$9,785
/yr
-
-$0
Northcentral Technical College
Wausau
WI
-
Nat: $57,294
$12,582
/yr
-
-$0
West Lafayette
IN
-
Nat: $57,294
$14,851
/yr
-
-$0
Tennessee College of Applied Technology Nashville
Nashville
TN
-
Nat: $57,294
$6,551
/yr
-
-$0
Big Spring
TX
-
Nat: $57,294
$10,047
/yr
-
-$0
Heartland Community College
Normal
IL
-
Nat: $57,294
$15,472
/yr
-
-$0
Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical Training
Marietta
OH
-
Nat: $57,294
-
/yr
-
-$0
Klamath Community College
Klamath Falls
OR
-
Nat: $57,294
$12,098
/yr
-
-$0
Ocean County Vocational-Technical School
Toms River
NJ
-
Nat: $57,294
$10,175
/yr
-
-$0
IYRS School of Technology & Trades
Newport
RI
-
Nat: $57,294
$24,090
/yr
-
-$0
Arkansas State University-Newport
Newport
AR
-
Nat: $57,294
$8,534
/yr
-
-$0
Dixie Technical College
Saint George
UT
-
Nat: $57,294
-
/yr
-
-$0
Norco College
Norco
CA
-
Nat: $57,294
$27,120
/yr
-
-$0
Houston City College
Houston
TX
$41,545
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$4,575
/yr
-
-$3k
Coastal Alabama Community College
Bay Minette
AL
$37,493
Nat: $57,294
5yr Post-Grad
$11,098
/yr
-
-$62k
Laurel Technical Institute
Uniontown
PA
$35,433
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$10,145
/yr
-
-$76k
New River Community College
Dublin
VA
$28,236
Nat: $57,294
2yr Post-Grad
$6,105
/yr
-
-$139k
Pine Technical & Community College
Pine City
MN
$19,449
Nat: $57,294
4yr Post-Grad
$16,250
/yr
-
-$261k
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).