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Associate's Degree•189 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 ($44,269)
P25-P75 Interval ($37,303 - $49,940)
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 ($44,269)
P25-P75 Interval ($37,303 - $50,729)
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 ($44,269)
P25-P75 Interval ($37,303 - $50,729)
HS Baseline ($35,872)
Column median
No trend line: fewer than 30 schools on the axis

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Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
West Valley College
Saratoga
CA
$65,280
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$1,033
/yr
-
+$194k
College of San Mateo
San Mateo
CA
$65,120
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
-
+$174k
Evergreen Valley College
San Jose
CA
$63,835
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$9,375
/yr
-
+$165k
Canada College
Redwood City
CA
$62,719
Nat: $43,243
5yr Post-Grad
$365
/yr
-
+$159k
Skyline College
San Bruno
CA
$61,426
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$616
/yr
-
+$158k
San Diego City College
San Diego
CA
$60,716
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$18,693
/yr
-
+$118k
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City
UT
$56,408
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$6,144
/yr
-
+$100k
Citrus College
Glendora
CA
$56,226
Nat: $43,243
5yr Post-Grad
$850
/yr
-
+$97k
Saddleback College
Mission Viejo
CA
$60,280
Nat: $43,243
5yr Post-Grad
$23,913
/yr
-
+$93k
Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa
CA
$53,829
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$1,850
/yr
-
+$83k
University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College
Blue Ash
Earnings shared by 2 University of Cincinnati campuses, which report as one program.
OH
$55,995
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$13,910
/yr
-
+$82k
De Anza College
Cupertino
CA
$53,738
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$3,801
/yr
-
+$78k
San Diego Mesa College
San Diego
CA
$56,321
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$21,767
/yr
-
+$70k
Cincinnati
Earnings shared by 2 University of Cincinnati campuses, which report as one program.
OH
$55,995
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$24,917
/yr
-
+$61k
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa
CA
$53,153
Nat: $43,243
5yr Post-Grad
$6,765
/yr
-
+$57k
Santa Barbara City College
Santa Barbara
CA
$52,130
Nat: $43,243
5yr Post-Grad
$2,684
/yr
-
+$54k
Los Angeles Valley College
Valley Glen
CA
$50,729
Nat: $43,243
5yr Post-Grad
$7,478
/yr
-
+$32k
Suffolk County Community College
Selden
NY
$49,227
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$5,315
/yr
-
+$31k
Cerritos College
Norwalk
CA
$48,866
Nat: $43,243
5yr Post-Grad
$1,577
/yr
-
+$25k
College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas
NV
$48,300
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$6,016
/yr
-
+$20k
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana
CA
$47,880
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$7,224
/yr
-
+$14k
College of the Canyons
Santa Clarita
CA
$49,940
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$19,542
/yr
-
+$12k
Delaware County Community College
Media
PA
$47,470
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$6,983
/yr
-
+$10k
Nassau Community College
Garden City
NY
$47,054
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$8,506
/yr
$9,684
+$3k
College of Western Idaho
Nampa
ID
$47,282
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$11,193
/yr
-
+$765
Arizona Western College
Yuma
AZ
-
Nat: $43,243
$8,825
/yr
-
-$0
Cochise County Community College District
Sierra Vista
AZ
-
Nat: $43,243
$7,684
/yr
-
-$0
Eastern Arizona College
Thatcher
AZ
-
Nat: $43,243
$9,309
/yr
-
-$0
Allan Hancock College
Santa Maria
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$3,975
/yr
-
-$0
American River College
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$5,730
/yr
-
-$0
Bakersfield College
Bakersfield
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$4,330
/yr
-
-$0
Chabot College
Hayward
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$9,873
/yr
-
-$0
Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$24,504
/yr
-
-$0
City College of San Francisco
San Francisco
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$5,852
/yr
-
-$0
Coastline Community College
Fountain Valley
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$12,259
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia College
Sonora
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$9,054
/yr
-
-$0
Cosumnes River College
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$3,676
/yr
-
-$0
Cuesta College
San Luis Obispo
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$5,891
/yr
-
-$0
Foothill College
Los Altos Hills
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$2,851
/yr
-
-$0
Fresno City College
Fresno
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$3,839
/yr
-
-$0
Fullerton College
Fullerton
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$1,302
/yr
-
-$0
Hartnell College
Salinas
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
-
/yr
-
-$0
Imperial Valley College
Imperial
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$1,562
/yr
-
-$0
Irvine Valley College
Irvine
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$21,874
/yr
-
-$0
Reedley College
Reedley
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$6,055
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles Harbor College
Wilmington
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$2,680
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$4,875
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles Mission College
Sylmar
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$3,881
/yr
-
-$0
Los Medanos College
Pittsburg
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$25,231
/yr
-
-$0
College of Marin
Kentfield
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$23,388
/yr
-
-$0
Mendocino College
Ukiah
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$11,640
/yr
-
-$0
Merced College
Merced
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$714
/yr
-
-$0
Mission College
Santa Clara
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$4,223
/yr
-
-$0
Monterey Peninsula College
Monterey
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$35,126
/yr
-
-$0
Moorpark College
Moorpark
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
-
/yr
-
-$0
Mt San Jacinto Community College District
San Jacinto
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$8,198
/yr
-
-$0
Ohlone College
Fremont
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$6,828
/yr
-
-$0
Oxnard College
Oxnard
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
-
/yr
-
-$0
Porterville College
Porterville
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$3,071
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego Miramar College
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$21,008
/yr
-
-$0
San Joaquin Delta College
Stockton
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$2,451
/yr
-
-$0
San Jose City College
San Jose
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$15,965
/yr
-
-$0
Shasta College
Redding
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$7,225
/yr
-
-$0
Sierra College
Rocklin
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$27,774
/yr
-
-$0
San Bernardino Valley College
San Bernardino
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$17,782
/yr
-
-$0
Solano Community College
Fairfield
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$2,905
/yr
-
-$0
Ventura College
Ventura
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
-
/yr
-
-$0
Coalinga College
Coalinga
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$9,339
/yr
-
-$0
Yuba College
Marysville
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$691
/yr
-
-$0
Colorado Christian University
Lakewood
CO
-
Nat: $43,243
$28,605
/yr
-
-$0
Columbus State University
Columbus
GA
-
Nat: $43,243
$15,711
/yr
-
-$0
East Georgia State College
Swainsboro
GA
-
Nat: $43,243
$6,673
/yr
-
-$0
Gordon State College
Barnesville
GA
-
Nat: $43,243
$8,779
/yr
-
-$0
North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene
ID
-
Nat: $43,243
$5,914
/yr
-
-$0
College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls
ID
-
Nat: $43,243
$9,371
/yr
-
-$0
John A Logan College
Carterville
IL
-
Nat: $43,243
$7,393
/yr
-
-$0
Waldorf University
Forest City
IA
-
Nat: $43,243
$24,003
/yr
-
-$0
Butler Community College
El Dorado
KS
-
Nat: $43,243
$16,838
/yr
-
-$0
College of Southern Maryland
La Plata
MD
-
Nat: $43,243
$7,620
/yr
-
-$0
Montgomery College
Rockville
MD
-
Nat: $43,243
$14,317
/yr
-
-$0
Bunker Hill Community College
Boston
MA
-
Nat: $43,243
$5,976
/yr
-
-$0
Cape Cod Community College
West Barnstable
MA
-
Nat: $43,243
$7,964
/yr
-
-$0
Dean College
Franklin
MA
-
Nat: $43,243
$32,629
/yr
-
-$0
Massachusetts Bay Community College
Wellesley Hills
MA
-
Nat: $43,243
$1,756
/yr
-
-$0
Massasoit Community College
Brockton
MA
-
Nat: $43,243
$6,492
/yr
-
-$0
Mount Wachusett Community College
Gardner
MA
-
Nat: $43,243
$4,452
/yr
-
-$0
Adrian
MI
-
Nat: $43,243
$31,986
/yr
-
-$0
Henry Ford College
Dearborn
MI
-
Nat: $43,243
$317
/yr
-
-$0
Lansing Community College
Lansing
MI
-
Nat: $43,243
$5,292
/yr
-
-$0
Coahoma Community College
Clarksdale
MS
-
Nat: $43,243
$1,198
/yr
-
-$0
Copiah-Lincoln Community College
Wesson
MS
-
Nat: $43,243
$3,733
/yr
-
-$0
East Mississippi Community College
Scooba
MS
-
Nat: $43,243
$3,276
/yr
-
-$0
Holmes Community College
Goodman
MS
-
Nat: $43,243
$6,993
/yr
-
-$0
Mississippi Delta Community College
Moorhead
MS
-
Nat: $43,243
$36
/yr
-
-$0
Northeast Community College
Norfolk
NE
-
Nat: $43,243
$6,395
/yr
-
-$0
Nashua Community College
Nashua
NH
-
Nat: $43,243
$8,209
/yr
-
-$0
Atlantic Cape Community College
Mays Landing
NJ
-
Nat: $43,243
$11,791
/yr
-
-$0
Raritan Valley Community College
Branchburg
NJ
-
Nat: $43,243
$4,662
/yr
-
-$0
Finger Lakes Community College
Canandaigua
NY
-
Nat: $43,243
$13,117
/yr
-
-$0
Genesee Community College
Batavia
NY
-
Nat: $43,243
$8,903
/yr
-
-$0
Niagara County Community College
Sanborn
NY
-
Nat: $43,243
$8,745
/yr
-
-$0
Rockland Community College
Suffern
NY
-
Nat: $43,243
$6,348
/yr
-
-$0
Sullivan County Community College
Loch Sheldrake
NY
-
Nat: $43,243
$1,800
/yr
-
-$0
Cobleskill
NY
-
Nat: $43,243
$19,526
/yr
-
-$0
Tompkins Cortland Community College
Dryden
NY
-
Nat: $43,243
$13,637
/yr
-
-$0
Ulster County Community College
Stone Ridge
NY
-
Nat: $43,243
$4,351
/yr
-
-$0
SUNY Westchester Community College
Valhalla
NY
-
Nat: $43,243
$7,291
/yr
-
-$0
Ashland University
Ashland
OH
-
Nat: $43,243
$23,678
/yr
-
-$0
Owens Community College
Perrysburg
OH
-
Nat: $43,243
$10,862
/yr
-
-$0
Wright State University-Main Campus
Dayton
OH
-
Nat: $43,243
$13,715
/yr
-
-$0
Wright State University-Lake Campus
Celina
OH
-
Nat: $43,243
$9,533
/yr
-
-$0
Murray State College
Tishomingo
OK
-
Nat: $43,243
$16,138
/yr
-
-$0
Tulsa Community College
Tulsa
OK
-
Nat: $43,243
$15,452
/yr
-
-$0
Community College of Beaver County
Monaca
PA
-
Nat: $43,243
$10,233
/yr
-
-$0
Bucks County Community College
Newtown
PA
-
Nat: $43,243
$5,431
/yr
-
-$0
Lackawanna College
Scranton
PA
-
Nat: $43,243
$19,225
/yr
-
-$0
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Schnecksville
PA
-
Nat: $43,243
$6,022
/yr
-
-$0
Reading Area Community College
Reading
PA
-
Nat: $43,243
$8,115
/yr
-
-$0
Blinn College District
Brenham
TX
-
Nat: $43,243
$9,773
/yr
$9,894
-$0
El Paso Community College
El Paso
TX
-
Nat: $43,243
$6,869
/yr
-
-$0
Howard College
Big Spring
TX
-
Nat: $43,243
$3,019
/yr
-
-$0
McLennan Community College
Waco
TX
-
Nat: $43,243
$5,887
/yr
-
-$0
Lone Star College System
The Woodlands
TX
-
Nat: $43,243
$15,874
/yr
-
-$0
Odessa College
Odessa
TX
-
Nat: $43,243
$5,895
/yr
-
-$0
St Philip's College
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $43,243
$4,544
/yr
-
-$0
San Antonio College
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $43,243
$5,010
/yr
-
-$0
South Plains College
Levelland
TX
-
Nat: $43,243
$8,697
/yr
-
-$0
Nelson University
Waxahachie
TX
-
Nat: $43,243
$26,425
/yr
-
-$0
Utah Valley University
Orem
UT
-
Nat: $43,243
$17,558
/yr
-
-$0
Weber State University
Ogden
UT
-
Nat: $43,243
$10,237
/yr
-
-$0
Casper College
Casper
WY
-
Nat: $43,243
$8,870
/yr
-
-$0
Central Wyoming College
Riverton
WY
-
Nat: $43,243
$12,055
/yr
-
-$0
Eastern Wyoming College
Torrington
WY
-
Nat: $43,243
$3,986
/yr
-
-$0
Laramie County Community College
Cheyenne
WY
-
Nat: $43,243
$8,602
/yr
-
-$0
Northwest College
Powell
WY
-
Nat: $43,243
$7,660
/yr
-
-$0
Western Wyoming Community College
Rock Springs
WY
-
Nat: $43,243
$10,352
/yr
-
-$0
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce
Mercedita
PR
-
Nat: $43,243
$9,683
/yr
-
-$0
Collin County Community College District
McKinney
TX
-
Nat: $43,243
$10,747
/yr
-
-$0
Las Positas College
Livermore
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$22,259
/yr
-
-$0
Copper Mountain Community College
Joshua Tree
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$9,404
/yr
-
-$0
Santiago Canyon College
Orange
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$2,040
/yr
-
-$0
Northwest Vista College
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $43,243
$3,833
/yr
-
-$0
Lemoore College
Lemoore
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$11,802
/yr
-
-$0
Moreno Valley College
Moreno Valley
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$26,725
/yr
-
-$0
Norco College
Norco
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$27,120
/yr
-
-$0
Georgia Military College
Milledgeville
GA
-
Nat: $43,243
$18,466
/yr
-
-$0
Clovis Community College
Fresno
CA
-
Nat: $43,243
$2,122
/yr
-
-$0
Gavilan College
Gilroy
CA
$49,070
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$22,074
/yr
-
-$1k
Sacramento City College
Sacramento
CA
$45,735
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$5,713
/yr
-
-$5k
Mt San Antonio College
Walnut
CA
$44,550
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$1,676
/yr
-
-$9k
College of the Desert
Palm Desert
CA
$47,357
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$17,769
/yr
-
-$11k
Sinclair Community College
Dayton
OH
$44,816
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$5,245
/yr
-
-$13k
Onondaga Community College
Syracuse
NY
$44,520
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$5,201
/yr
$6,625
-$16k
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York
NY
$43,763
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$2,955
/yr
-
-$19k
Dallas College
Dallas
TX
$47,071
Nat: $43,243
5yr Post-Grad
$16,414
/yr
-
-$20k
CUNY LaGuardia Community College
Long Island City
NY
$43,801
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$4,184
/yr
-
-$21k
Connecticut State Community College
New Britain
CT
$44,143
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$9,195
/yr
-
-$27k
Pasadena City College
Pasadena
CA
$45,235
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$16,993
/yr
-
-$30k
County College of Morris
Randolph
NJ
$43,668
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$10,845
/yr
-
-$35k
Golden West College
Huntington Beach
CA
$43,602
Nat: $43,243
5yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
-
-$44k
American Public University System
Charles Town
WV
$42,077
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$11,116
/yr
$16,937
-$51k
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill
CA
$39,912
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$710
/yr
-
-$54k
Riverside City College
Riverside
CA
$44,269
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$24,678
/yr
-
-$54k
Modesto Junior College
Modesto
CA
$40,635
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$5,954
/yr
-
-$56k
Butte College
Oroville
CA
$39,968
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$4,734
/yr
-
-$61k
East Los Angeles College
Monterey Park
CA
$39,209
Nat: $43,243
5yr Post-Grad
$3,737
/yr
-
-$75k
Community College of Philadelphia
Philadelphia
PA
$39,860
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$11,751
/yr
$15,500
-$75k
Montgomery County Community College
Blue Bell
PA
$39,366
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$9,221
/yr
$12,000
-$75k
South Texas College
McAllen
TX
$37,778
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$855
/yr
-
-$76k
Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque
NM
$38,064
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$6,426
/yr
-
-$83k
Tyler Junior College
Tyler
TX
$38,814
Nat: $43,243
5yr Post-Grad
$7,080
/yr
-
-$85k
Long Beach City College
Long Beach
CA
$36,632
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$1,192
/yr
-
-$88k
Antelope Valley Community College District
Lancaster
CA
$36,358
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$85
/yr
-
-$89k
Southwestern College
Chula Vista
CA
$37,303
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$5,663
/yr
-
-$90k
UCNJ Union College of Union County New Jersey
Cranford
NJ
$37,008
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$5,248
/yr
-
-$92k
Monroe Community College
Rochester
NY
$36,389
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$4,268
/yr
-
-$97k
MiraCosta College
Oceanside
CA
$37,002
Nat: $43,243
5yr Post-Grad
$5,146
/yr
-
-$99k
Northampton County Area Community College
Bethlehem
PA
$36,736
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$12,119
/yr
-
-$107k
Los Angeles Pierce College
Woodland Hills
CA
$35,701
Nat: $43,243
5yr Post-Grad
$3,150
/yr
-
-$109k
College of the Sequoias
Visalia
CA
$34,551
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$1,096
/yr
-
-$109k
Amarillo College
Amarillo
TX
$35,843
Nat: $43,243
5yr Post-Grad
$8,580
/yr
-
-$117k
Jamestown Community College
Jamestown
NY
$34,452
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$7,554
/yr
-
-$122k
Full Sail University
Winter Park
FL
$37,309
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$37,401
/yr
-
-$148k
Bristol Community College
Fall River
MA
$32,041
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$10,095
/yr
-
-$152k
Erie Community College
Buffalo
NY
$31,535
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$10,988
/yr
-
-$159k
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica
CA
$29,371
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$1,693
/yr
-
-$164k
Dutchess Community College
Poughkeepsie
NY
$30,308
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$9,309
/yr
-
-$168k
College of the Siskiyous
Weed
CA
$32,510
Nat: $43,243
5yr Post-Grad
$18,459
/yr
-
-$169k
Glendale Community College
Glendale
CA
$28,646
Nat: $43,243
4yr Post-Grad
$9,554
/yr
-
-$186k
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).