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Undergrad Certificate•91 Institutions
Institution | State | Earnings | Avg Net Price | Median Debt | Lifetime Value Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folsom Lake College Folsom | CA | $71,010 5yr Post-Grad | $3,661 /yr | - | +$289k |
| United States University San Diego | CA | $70,423 5yr Post-Grad | $21,557 /yr | - | +$266k |
| California State University-Fresno Fresno | CA | $68,818 5yr Post-Grad | $6,480 /yr | - | +$265k |
| University of Colorado Boulder Boulder | CO | $67,875 5yr Post-Grad | $21,480 /yr | - | +$242k |
| University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg | VA | $63,015 5yr Post-Grad | $21,108 /yr | - | +$195k |
| Mission College Santa Clara | CA | $61,206 5yr Post-Grad | $5,198 /yr | - | +$192k |
| Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington | IN | $60,512 5yr Post-Grad | $15,342 /yr | $19,841 | +$175k |
| Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis | IN | $59,189 5yr Post-Grad | $11,408 /yr | - | +$166k |
| Austin Community College District Austin | TX | $57,930 5yr Post-Grad | $6,306 /yr | - | +$158k |
| Macomb Community College Warren | MI | $57,600 5yr Post-Grad | $5,725 /yr | - | +$155k |
| Glendale Community College Glendale | AZ | $56,344 5yr Post-Grad | $12,158 /yr | - | +$136k |
| Orange Coast College Costa Mesa | CA | $52,560 5yr Post-Grad | $4,754 /yr | - | +$104k |
| San Diego Miramar College San Diego | CA | $51,867 5yr Post-Grad | $-2,735 /yr | - | +$104k |
| Bellevue College Bellevue | WA | $52,577 5yr Post-Grad | $11,289 /yr | - | +$98k |
| American River College Sacramento | CA | $51,671 5yr Post-Grad | $4,628 /yr | - | +$95k |
| San Diego Mesa College San Diego | CA | $51,171 5yr Post-Grad | $-904 /yr | - | +$95k |
| Napa Valley College Napa | CA | $51,532 5yr Post-Grad | $14,046 /yr | - | +$85k |
| East Los Angeles College Monterey Park | CA | $51,063 5yr Post-Grad | $9,791 /yr | - | +$84k |
| Henry Ford College Dearborn | MI | $50,072 5yr Post-Grad | $576 /yr | $9,744 | +$82k |
| Delgado Community College New Orleans | LA | $50,436 5yr Post-Grad | $11,926 /yr | $18,655 | +$75k |
| College of the Canyons Santa Clarita | CA | $49,535 5yr Post-Grad | $2,114 /yr | $6,625 | +$75k |
| College of Southern Maryland La Plata | MD | $49,873 5yr Post-Grad | $9,867 /yr | $8,262 | +$71k |
| Northeast Wisconsin Technical College Green Bay | WI | $49,311 5yr Post-Grad | $10,506 /yr | - | +$65k |
| Modesto Junior College Modesto | CA | $49,123 5yr Post-Grad | $10,176 /yr | - | +$63k |
| College of Alameda Alameda | CA | $48,574 5yr Post-Grad | $9,280 /yr | - | +$58k |
| Anne Arundel Community College Arnold | MD | $48,666 5yr Post-Grad | $15,929 /yr | - | +$53k |
| Chesapeake College Wye Mills | MD | $47,042 5yr Post-Grad | $4,178 /yr | - | +$47k |
| Central Arizona College Coolidge | AZ | $46,570 5yr Post-Grad | $4,591 /yr | $8,101 | +$41k |
| Delta College University Center | MI | $46,546 5yr Post-Grad | $4,550 /yr | - | +$41k |
| Riverside City College Riverside | CA | $46,192 5yr Post-Grad | $4,026 /yr | - | +$38k |
| Santiago Canyon College Orange | CA | $45,862 5yr Post-Grad | $3,407 /yr | $4,688 | +$35k |
| Northern Virginia Community College Annandale | VA | $46,146 5yr Post-Grad | $8,554 /yr | $10,750 | +$33k |
| Clackamas Community College Oregon City | OR | $45,719 5yr Post-Grad | $8,236 /yr | $12,834 | +$29k |
| Vincennes University Vincennes | IN | $45,784 5yr Post-Grad | $10,215 /yr | $12,000 | +$28k |
| Elgin Community College Elgin | IL | $45,262 5yr Post-Grad | $5,778 /yr | - | +$26k |
| Los Angeles City College Los Angeles | CA | $45,177 5yr Post-Grad | $7,532 /yr | - | +$24k |
| Santa Ana College Santa Ana | CA | $44,810 5yr Post-Grad | $3,854 /yr | $10,250 | +$23k |
| Isothermal Community College Spindale | NC | $44,974 5yr Post-Grad | $6,723 /yr | - | +$22k |
| University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee | WI | $45,431 5yr Post-Grad | $16,177 /yr | $27,437 | +$19k |
| Laurel Ridge Community College Middletown | VA | $44,289 5yr Post-Grad | $5,586 /yr | - | +$16k |
| Germanna Community College Locust Grove | VA | $44,041 5yr Post-Grad | $6,239 /yr | $8,000 | +$13k |
| Pitt Community College Winterville | NC | $43,932 5yr Post-Grad | $7,150 /yr | - | +$11k |
| Mid Michigan College Harrison | MI | $43,972 5yr Post-Grad | $10,100 /yr | $10,474 | +$9k |
| Shasta College Redding | CA | $43,333 5yr Post-Grad | $3,743 /yr | $9,828 | +$8k |
| Brightpoint Community College Chester | VA | $43,480 5yr Post-Grad | $5,583 /yr | $9,000 | +$8k |
| Cuesta College San Luis Obispo | CA | $43,886 5yr Post-Grad | $12,898 /yr | - | +$5k |
| Hartnell College Salinas | CA | $42,771 5yr Post-Grad | $2,895 /yr | - | +$3k |
| Indiana University-East Richmond | IN | $43,132 5yr Post-Grad | $9,082 /yr | - | +$701 |
| Yavapai College Prescott | AZ | $42,807 5yr Post-Grad | $6,355 /yr | $8,750 | -$236 |
| Bunker Hill Community College Boston | MA | $42,730 5yr Post-Grad | $6,313 /yr | - | -$1k |
| Carteret Community College Morehead City | NC | $42,758 5yr Post-Grad | $11,889 /yr | - | -$6k |
| Los Angeles Pierce College Woodland Hills | CA | $42,457 5yr Post-Grad | $11,196 /yr | - | -$8k |
| Aiken Technical College Graniteville | SC | $41,897 5yr Post-Grad | $5,350 /yr | - | -$9k |
| Cabrillo College Aptos | CA | $42,486 5yr Post-Grad | $13,328 /yr | $7,507 | -$10k |
| Lemoore College Lemoore | CA | $41,990 5yr Post-Grad | $7,961 /yr | - | -$10k |
| Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte | NC | $41,615 5yr Post-Grad | $3,660 /yr | - | -$10k |
| Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Martinsburg | WV | $41,637 5yr Post-Grad | $4,443 /yr | - | -$11k |
| Louisiana Delta Community College Monroe | LA | $41,503 5yr Post-Grad | $8,306 /yr | - | -$16k |
| Durham Technical Community College Durham | NC | $40,778 5yr Post-Grad | $1,183 /yr | - | -$17k |
| Blue Ridge Community College Weyers Cave | VA | $40,569 5yr Post-Grad | $8,755 /yr | $7,250 | -$26k |
| Edison State Community College Piqua | OH | $40,519 5yr Post-Grad | $8,503 /yr | $11,812 | -$27k |
| San Diego City College San Diego | CA | $39,553 5yr Post-Grad | $-818 /yr | - | -$28k |
| J Sargeant Reynolds Community College Richmond | VA | $39,908 5yr Post-Grad | $4,553 /yr | $10,949 | -$30k |
| Rappahannock Community College Glenns | VA | $39,864 5yr Post-Grad | $5,310 /yr | - | -$31k |
| Wilkes Community College Wilkesboro | NC | $39,153 5yr Post-Grad | $-28 /yr | - | -$33k |
| Coalinga College Coalinga | CA | $39,212 5yr Post-Grad | $8,626 /yr | - | -$41k |
| Piedmont Virginia Community College Charlottesville | VA | $38,908 5yr Post-Grad | $6,347 /yr | $7,000 | -$42k |
| Virginia Peninsula Community College Hampton | VA | $38,878 5yr Post-Grad | $6,468 /yr | $9,250 | -$42k |
| Ivy Tech Community College Indianapolis | IN | $38,582 5yr Post-Grad | $6,544 /yr | $8,982 | -$46k |
| College of the Siskiyous Weed | CA | $38,310 5yr Post-Grad | $7,241 /yr | - | -$49k |
| East Arkansas Community College Forrest City | AR | $38,192 5yr Post-Grad | $6,769 /yr | - | -$50k |
| Nicolet Area Technical College Rhinelander | WI | $38,358 5yr Post-Grad | $9,290 /yr | - | -$51k |
| Patrick & Henry Community College Martinsville | VA | $37,607 5yr Post-Grad | $3,430 /yr | - | -$53k |
| Northeast Iowa Community College Calmar | IA | $38,175 5yr Post-Grad | $10,059 /yr | $11,086 | -$53k |
| Crafton Hills College Yucaipa | CA | $37,875 5yr Post-Grad | $10,655 /yr | - | -$57k |
| Imperial Valley College Imperial | CA | $37,047 5yr Post-Grad | $1,697 /yr | - | -$58k |
| Los Angeles Valley College Valley Glen | CA | $36,515 5yr Post-Grad | $10,200 /yr | - | -$71k |
| Merced College Merced | CA | $35,817 5yr Post-Grad | $4,260 /yr | - | -$73k |
| Florence-Darlington Technical College Florence | SC | $35,492 5yr Post-Grad | $598 /yr | - | -$74k |
| Enterprise State Community College Enterprise | AL | $35,460 5yr Post-Grad | $8,187 /yr | - | -$81k |
| Cochise County Community College District Sierra Vista | AZ | $35,204 5yr Post-Grad | $7,420 /yr | $8,500 | -$83k |
| Virginia Western Community College Roanoke | VA | $34,934 5yr Post-Grad | $5,618 /yr | $9,799 | -$84k |
| Wytheville Community College Wytheville | VA | $34,515 5yr Post-Grad | $4,037 /yr | - | -$87k |
| Panola College Carthage | TX | $32,940 5yr Post-Grad | $7,429 /yr | - | -$108k |
| Three Rivers College Poplar Bluff | MO | $32,445 5yr Post-Grad | $9,980 /yr | $7,977 | -$115k |
| James Sprunt Community College Kenansville | NC | $31,710 5yr Post-Grad | $3,852 /yr | - | -$118k |
| Danville Community College Danville | VA | $30,017 5yr Post-Grad | $7,158 /yr | - | -$139k |
| Paul D Camp Community College Franklin | VA | $29,777 5yr Post-Grad | $5,666 /yr | - | -$140k |
| Butler County Community College Butler | PA | $28,390 5yr Post-Grad | $6,075 /yr | - | -$156k |
| St. John's College Annapolis | MD | $21,781 2yr Post-Grad | $27,934 /yr | - | -$234k |
| South Plains College Levelland | TX | $9,167 2yr Post-Grad | $7,062 /yr | - | -$369k |
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.