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Undergrad Certificate•98 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 ($62,742)
P25-P75 Interval ($38,603 - $69,299)
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 ($55,781)
P25-P75 Interval ($38,603 - $69,299)
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 ($55,781)
P25-P75 Interval ($38,603 - $69,299)
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
Saint Cloud
MN
$75,043
Nat: $49,757
4yr Post-Grad
$16,062
/yr
$17,375
+$333k
University of Phoenix-Arizona
Phoenix
AZ
$69,299
Nat: $49,757
4yr Post-Grad
$13,916
/yr
$10,704
+$279k
Flagstaff
AZ
$69,605
Nat: $49,757
4yr Post-Grad
$17,265
/yr
$19,500
+$279k
Tempe
AZ
$66,614
Nat: $49,757
4yr Post-Grad
$14,694
/yr
$18,871
+$252k
Pensacola
FL
$62,742
Nat: $49,757
5yr Post-Grad
$9,443
/yr
-
+$205k
Northcentral Technical College
Wausau
WI
$48,820
Nat: $49,757
4yr Post-Grad
$12,582
/yr
-
+$68k
Laredo College
Laredo
TX
$43,308
Nat: $49,757
5yr Post-Grad
$3,157
/yr
-
+$8k
Birmingham
AL
-
Nat: $49,757
$15,630
/yr
-
-$0
Phoenix College
Phoenix
AZ
-
Nat: $49,757
$10,160
/yr
-
-$0
Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale
AZ
-
Nat: $49,757
$10,569
/yr
-
-$0
South Mountain Community College
Phoenix
AZ
-
Nat: $49,757
$10,386
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Canyons
Santa Clarita
CA
-
Nat: $49,757
$19,542
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles Valley College
Valley Glen
CA
-
Nat: $49,757
$7,478
/yr
-
-$0
Aims Community College
Greeley
CO
-
Nat: $49,757
$2,470
/yr
-
-$0
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver
CO
-
Nat: $49,757
$13,803
/yr
-
-$0
Pickens Technical College
Aurora
CO
-
Nat: $49,757
$4,687
/yr
-
-$0
Connecticut State Community College
New Britain
CT
-
Nat: $49,757
$9,195
/yr
-
-$0
College of Central Florida
Ocala
FL
-
Nat: $49,757
$12,950
/yr
-
-$0
Boca Raton
FL
-
Nat: $49,757
$10,394
/yr
-
-$0
Miami Dade College
Miami
FL
-
Nat: $49,757
$3,814
/yr
-
-$0
Albany Technical College
Albany
GA
-
Nat: $49,757
$2,966
/yr
-
-$0
Atlanta Technical College
Atlanta
GA
-
Nat: $49,757
$2,240
/yr
-
-$0
Augusta Technical College
Augusta
GA
-
Nat: $49,757
$7,427
/yr
-
-$0
Gwinnett Technical College
Lawrenceville
GA
-
Nat: $49,757
$15,675
/yr
-
-$0
Lanier Technical College
Gainesville
GA
-
Nat: $49,757
$8,202
/yr
-
-$0
Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta
GA
-
Nat: $49,757
$5,227
/yr
-
-$0
Americus
GA
-
Nat: $49,757
$1,166
/yr
-
-$0
College of Eastern Idaho
Idaho Falls
ID
-
Nat: $49,757
$5,384
/yr
-
-$0
Lewis-Clark State College
Lewiston
ID
-
Nat: $49,757
$13,632
/yr
-
-$0
Southwestern Illinois College
Belleville
IL
-
Nat: $49,757
$7,555
/yr
-
-$0
Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny
IA
-
Nat: $49,757
$7,005
/yr
-
-$0
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
IA
-
Nat: $49,757
$12,073
/yr
-
-$0
Garden City Community College
Garden City
KS
-
Nat: $49,757
$5,768
/yr
-
-$0
Johnson County Community College
Overland Park
KS
-
Nat: $49,757
$12,359
/yr
-
-$0
Hagerstown Community College
Hagerstown
MD
-
Nat: $49,757
$5,259
/yr
-
-$0
Prince George's Community College
Largo
MD
-
Nat: $49,757
$9,310
/yr
-
-$0
Bristol Community College
Fall River
MA
-
Nat: $49,757
$10,095
/yr
-
-$0
North Shore Community College
Danvers
MA
-
Nat: $49,757
$5,287
/yr
-
-$0
Big Rapids
MI
-
Nat: $49,757
$8,402
/yr
-
-$0
Glen Oaks Community College
Centreville
MI
-
Nat: $49,757
$5,737
/yr
-
-$0
Jackson College
Jackson
MI
-
Nat: $49,757
$9,797
/yr
-
-$0
Macomb Community College
Warren
MI
-
Nat: $49,757
-
/yr
-
-$0
St Clair County Community College
Port Huron
MI
-
Nat: $49,757
$10,902
/yr
-
-$0
Riverland Community College
Austin
MN
-
Nat: $49,757
$14,434
/yr
-
-$0
St Cloud Technical and Community College
Saint Cloud
MN
-
Nat: $49,757
$14,905
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Paul College
Saint Paul
MN
-
Nat: $49,757
$17,954
/yr
-
-$0
Century College
White Bear Lake
MN
-
Nat: $49,757
$14,725
/yr
-
-$0
East Mississippi Community College
Scooba
MS
-
Nat: $49,757
$3,276
/yr
-
-$0
Hinds Community College
Raymond
MS
-
Nat: $49,757
$6,135
/yr
-
-$0
Warrensburg
MO
-
Nat: $49,757
$15,554
/yr
-
-$0
Flathead Valley Community College
Kalispell
MT
-
Nat: $49,757
$9,911
/yr
-
-$0
Manchester Community College
Manchester
NH
-
Nat: $49,757
$7,188
/yr
-
-$0
Thomas Edison State University
Trenton
NJ
-
Nat: $49,757
-
/yr
-
-$0
Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo
Buffalo
NY
-
Nat: $49,757
$12,430
/yr
$12,825
-$0
Fayetteville Technical Community College
Fayetteville
NC
-
Nat: $49,757
$3,428
/yr
-
-$0
Dickinson
ND
-
Nat: $49,757
$14,076
/yr
-
-$0
Columbus State Community College
Columbus
OH
-
Nat: $49,757
$7,667
/yr
-
-$0
Edison State Community College
Piqua
OH
-
Nat: $49,757
$6,923
/yr
-
-$0
Central Oregon Community College
Bend
OR
-
Nat: $49,757
$10,426
/yr
-
-$0
Portland Community College
Portland
OR
-
Nat: $49,757
$6,234
/yr
-
-$0
Montgomery County Community College
Blue Bell
PA
-
Nat: $49,757
$9,221
/yr
-
-$0
Western Dakota Technical College
Rapid City
SD
-
Nat: $49,757
$11,390
/yr
-
-$0
Austin Community College District
Austin
TX
-
Nat: $49,757
$2,445
/yr
-
-$0
Dallas College
Dallas
TX
-
Nat: $49,757
$16,414
/yr
-
-$0
Houston City College
Houston
TX
-
Nat: $49,757
$4,575
/yr
-
-$0
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City
UT
-
Nat: $49,757
$6,144
/yr
-
-$0
Champlain College
Burlington
VT
-
Nat: $49,757
$39,617
/yr
-
-$0
Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach
VA
-
Nat: $49,757
$12,243
/yr
$12,825
-$0
Mary Baldwin University
Staunton
VA
-
Nat: $49,757
$15,810
/yr
-
-$0
Edmonds College
Lynnwood
WA
-
Nat: $49,757
$24,646
/yr
-
-$0
Green River College
Auburn
WA
-
Nat: $49,757
$18,821
/yr
-
-$0
Shoreline College
Shoreline
WA
-
Nat: $49,757
$18,564
/yr
-
-$0
Spokane Community College
Spokane
WA
-
Nat: $49,757
$20,482
/yr
-
-$0
Spokane Falls Community College
Spokane
WA
-
Nat: $49,757
$19,537
/yr
-
-$0
College Place
WA
-
Nat: $49,757
$27,786
/yr
-
-$0
Madison Area Technical College
Madison
WI
-
Nat: $49,757
$11,919
/yr
-
-$0
Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton
WI
-
Nat: $49,757
$15,585
/yr
-
-$0
Mid-State Technical College
Wisconsin Rapids
WI
-
Nat: $49,757
$17,372
/yr
-
-$0
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee
WI
-
Nat: $49,757
$10,493
/yr
-
-$0
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Green Bay
WI
-
Nat: $49,757
$9,232
/yr
-
-$0
La Crosse
WI
-
Nat: $49,757
$11,615
/yr
-
-$0
Whitewater
WI
-
Nat: $49,757
$13,737
/yr
$15,875
-$0
Casper College
Casper
WY
-
Nat: $49,757
$8,870
/yr
-
-$0
Georgia Piedmont Technical College
Clarkston
GA
-
Nat: $49,757
$12,185
/yr
-
-$0
Athens Technical College
Athens
GA
-
Nat: $49,757
$7,929
/yr
-
-$0
St Charles Community College
Cottleville
MO
-
Nat: $49,757
$7,871
/yr
-
-$0
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Chandler
AZ
-
Nat: $49,757
$10,579
/yr
-
-$0
Hawaii Community College
Hilo
HI
-
Nat: $49,757
$8,514
/yr
-
-$0
Klamath Community College
Klamath Falls
OR
-
Nat: $49,757
$12,098
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia Southern University
Orange Beach
AL
-
Nat: $49,757
$15,834
/yr
-
-$0
Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa
Wauwatosa
WI
-
Nat: $49,757
$14,592
/yr
$12,825
-$0
Colorado State University Global
Denver
CO
-
Nat: $49,757
$17,732
/yr
-
-$0
Bryant & Stratton College-Online
Orchard Park
NY
-
Nat: $49,757
$14,087
/yr
$12,825
-$0
Coastal Pines Technical College
Waycross
GA
-
Nat: $49,757
$395
/yr
-
-$0
Southern Regional Technical College
Thomasville
GA
-
Nat: $49,757
-
/yr
-
-$0
Indian River State College
Fort Pierce
FL
$38,603
Nat: $49,757
5yr Post-Grad
$2,617
/yr
-
-$42k
Ozarks Technical Community College
Springfield
MO
$34,803
Nat: $49,757
4yr Post-Grad
$15,488
/yr
-
-$88k
Three Rivers College
Poplar Bluff
MO
$31,419
Nat: $49,757
5yr Post-Grad
$9,000
/yr
-
-$126k
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).