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Associate's Degree45 Institutions
Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
Normandale Community College
Bloomington
MN
$64,865
5yr Post-Grad
$12,370
/yr
-
+$155k
Schoolcraft Community College District
Livonia
MI
$57,235
5yr Post-Grad
$5,372
/yr
$12,500
+$98k
CUNY New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn
NY
$52,738
5yr Post-Grad
$4,783
/yr
-
+$56k
Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny
IA
$52,544
5yr Post-Grad
$11,050
/yr
-
+$43k
Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton
WI
$52,343
5yr Post-Grad
$10,910
/yr
-
+$41k
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee
WI
$50,628
5yr Post-Grad
$9,589
/yr
-
+$27k
Western Technical College
La Crosse
WI
$49,094
5yr Post-Grad
$12,069
/yr
-
+$7k
Macomb Community College
Warren
MI
$47,732
5yr Post-Grad
$5,725
/yr
-
+$6k
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte
NC
$44,170
2yr Post-Grad
$3,660
/yr
-
+$1k
Nassau Community College
Garden City
NY
$47,211
5yr Post-Grad
$5,736
/yr
$11,000
+$770
Rasmussen University-North Dakota
Fargo
ND
$48,894
5yr Post-Grad
$18,227
/yr
$22,083
-$6k
Rasmussen University-Kansas
Topeka
KS
$48,894
5yr Post-Grad
$18,289
/yr
$22,083
-$6k
Rasmussen University-Illinois
Rockford
IL
$48,894
5yr Post-Grad
$18,470
/yr
$22,083
-$6k
Rasmussen University-Wisconsin
Green Bay
WI
$48,894
5yr Post-Grad
$18,847
/yr
$22,083
-$7k
Rasmussen University-Minnesota
St. Cloud
MN
$48,894
5yr Post-Grad
$19,071
/yr
$22,083
-$7k
Rasmussen University-Florida
Ocala
FL
$48,894
5yr Post-Grad
$19,113
/yr
$22,083
-$7k
Finger Lakes Community College
Canandaigua
NY
$47,235
5yr Post-Grad
$14,186
/yr
-
-$15k
Chippewa Valley Technical College
Eau Claire
WI
$46,633
5yr Post-Grad
$12,025
/yr
$13,090
-$16k
Waukesha County Technical College
Pewaukee
WI
$45,805
5yr Post-Grad
$9,400
/yr
-
-$20k
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Green Bay
WI
$45,589
5yr Post-Grad
$10,506
/yr
-
-$24k
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
IA
$45,159
5yr Post-Grad
$9,388
/yr
$12,898
-$26k
Gwinnett Technical College
Lawrenceville
GA
$44,674
5yr Post-Grad
$12,599
/yr
-
-$37k
Delta College
University Center
MI
$43,144
5yr Post-Grad
$4,550
/yr
-
-$37k
Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls
SD
$44,473
5yr Post-Grad
$17,165
/yr
$12,000
-$47k
Kennebec Valley Community College
Fairfield
ME
$41,882
5yr Post-Grad
$6,994
/yr
-
-$54k
Baker College
Owosso
MI
$41,657
5yr Post-Grad
$15,171
/yr
-
-$71k
Coffeyville Community College
Coffeyville
KS
$38,995
5yr Post-Grad
$5,481
/yr
-
-$80k
Northcentral Technical College
Wausau
WI
$39,736
5yr Post-Grad
$11,555
/yr
-
-$83k
Lake Area Technical College
Watertown
SD
$39,495
5yr Post-Grad
$14,826
/yr
$12,000
-$92k
South Hills School of Business & Technology
State College
PA
$40,158
5yr Post-Grad
$25,192
/yr
-
-$104k
Century College
White Bear Lake
MN
$33,993
2yr Post-Grad
$10,037
/yr
-
-$117k
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston
MS
$32,958
5yr Post-Grad
$7,372
/yr
$14,559
-$143k
The University of Montana
Missoula
MT
$34,468
5yr Post-Grad
$17,118
/yr
-
-$146k
Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga
Chattanooga
TN
$35,708
5yr Post-Grad
$25,266
/yr
-
-$149k
Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield
MO
$32,184
5yr Post-Grad
$7,340
/yr
$29,718
-$151k
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Miami
OK
$32,571
5yr Post-Grad
$11,121
/yr
-
-$154k
Skagit Valley College
Mount Vernon
WA
$29,685
2yr Post-Grad
$6,116
/yr
-
-$156k
SUNY Broome Community College
Binghamton
NY
$31,565
5yr Post-Grad
$8,035
/yr
-
-$159k
NUC University
Bayamon
PR
$29,530
5yr Post-Grad
$5,732
/yr
-
-$175k
Columbia Basin College
Pasco
WA
$27,476
2yr Post-Grad
$8,302
/yr
-
-$183k
Pearl River Community College
Poplarville
MS
$28,003
5yr Post-Grad
$4,881
/yr
-
-$189k
Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta
GA
$25,053
2yr Post-Grad
$4,546
/yr
-
-$203k
Berkeley College-New York
New York
NY
$25,194
2yr Post-Grad
$25,133
/yr
-
-$239k
Blackhawk Technical College
Janesville
WI
$20,140
2yr Post-Grad
$10,712
/yr
-
-$267k
Fayetteville Technical Community College
Fayetteville
NC
$18,401
2yr Post-Grad
$3,723
/yr
-
-$273k
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.