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Associate's Degree•145 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 ($42,768)
P25-P75 Interval ($33,539 - $48,534)
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 ($44,354)
P25-P75 Interval ($35,060 - $48,534)
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 ($44,354)
P25-P75 Interval ($35,060 - $48,534)
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
Horry-Georgetown Technical College
Conway
SC
$59,774
Nat: $45,283
4yr Post-Grad
$787
/yr
-
+$142k
Pennsylvania State University-World Campus
University Park
Earnings shared by 2 Pennsylvania State University campuses, which report as one program.
PA
$60,464
Nat: $45,283
4yr Post-Grad
$12,651
/yr
$15,250
+$127k
University Park
Earnings shared by 2 Pennsylvania State University campuses, which report as one program.
PA
$60,464
Nat: $45,283
4yr Post-Grad
$33,675
/yr
$15,250
+$88k
Amherst
MA
$57,093
Nat: $45,283
4yr Post-Grad
$22,857
/yr
-
+$76k
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
Cincinnati
OH
$47,599
Nat: $45,283
5yr Post-Grad
$5,184
/yr
-
+$6k
Wooster
Earnings shared by 2 Ohio State University campuses, which report as one program.
OH
$48,534
Nat: $45,283
4yr Post-Grad
$17,148
/yr
-
+$2k
Columbus
Earnings shared by 2 Ohio State University campuses, which report as one program.
OH
$48,534
Nat: $45,283
4yr Post-Grad
$17,269
/yr
-
+$2k
Mesa Community College
Mesa
AZ
-
Nat: $45,283
$10,412
/yr
-
-$0
Antelope Valley Community College District
Lancaster
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$85
/yr
-
-$0
Butte College
Oroville
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$4,734
/yr
-
-$0
Cuyamaca College
El Cajon
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$7,178
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Desert
Palm Desert
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$17,769
/yr
-
-$0
Long Beach City College
Long Beach
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$1,192
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles Pierce College
Woodland Hills
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$3,150
/yr
-
-$0
Mendocino College
Ukiah
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$11,640
/yr
-
-$0
Merced College
Merced
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$714
/yr
-
-$0
Merritt College
Oakland
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$6,360
/yr
-
-$0
Mt San Antonio College
Walnut
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$1,676
/yr
-
-$0
Mt San Jacinto Community College District
San Jacinto
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$8,198
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Barbara City College
Santa Barbara
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$2,684
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$6,765
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Sequoias
Visalia
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$1,096
/yr
-
-$0
Shasta College
Redding
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$7,225
/yr
-
-$0
Southwestern College
Chula Vista
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$5,663
/yr
-
-$0
Victor Valley College
Victorville
CA
-
Nat: $45,283
$1,182
/yr
-
-$0
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry
Dover
DE
-
Nat: $45,283
$8,401
/yr
-
-$0
Indian River State College
Fort Pierce
FL
-
Nat: $45,283
$2,617
/yr
-
-$0
Miami Dade College
Miami
FL
-
Nat: $45,283
$3,814
/yr
-
-$0
Palm Beach State College
Lake Worth
FL
-
Nat: $45,283
$8,820
/yr
-
-$0
South Florida State College
Avon Park
FL
-
Nat: $45,283
$1,502
/yr
-
-$0
Valencia College
Orlando
FL
-
Nat: $45,283
$9,264
/yr
-
-$0
Albany Technical College
Albany
GA
-
Nat: $45,283
$2,966
/yr
-
-$0
Augusta Technical College
Augusta
GA
-
Nat: $45,283
$7,427
/yr
-
-$0
Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Rome
GA
-
Nat: $45,283
$4,043
/yr
-
-$0
Southern Crescent Technical College
Griffin
GA
-
Nat: $45,283
$8,900
/yr
-
-$0
Gwinnett Technical College
Lawrenceville
GA
-
Nat: $45,283
$15,675
/yr
-
-$0
Lanier Technical College
Gainesville
GA
-
Nat: $45,283
$8,202
/yr
-
-$0
Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta
GA
-
Nat: $45,283
$5,227
/yr
-
-$0
North Georgia Technical College
Clarkesville
GA
-
Nat: $45,283
$4,597
/yr
-
-$0
Rexburg
ID
-
Nat: $45,283
$6,560
/yr
-
-$0
College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls
ID
-
Nat: $45,283
$9,371
/yr
-
-$0
Southwestern Illinois College
Belleville
IL
-
Nat: $45,283
$7,555
/yr
-
-$0
Danville Area Community College
Danville
IL
-
Nat: $45,283
$3,398
/yr
-
-$0
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn
IL
-
Nat: $45,283
$5,165
/yr
-
-$0
Illinois Central College
East Peoria
IL
-
Nat: $45,283
$10,829
/yr
-
-$0
Joliet Junior College
Joliet
IL
-
Nat: $45,283
$4,588
/yr
-
-$0
Kishwaukee College
Malta
IL
-
Nat: $45,283
$4,358
/yr
-
-$0
College of Lake County
Grayslake
IL
-
Nat: $45,283
$7,280
/yr
-
-$0
Mattoon
IL
-
Nat: $45,283
$5,445
/yr
-
-$0
Lincoln Land Community College
Springfield
IL
-
Nat: $45,283
$3,659
/yr
-
-$0
McHenry County College
Crystal Lake
IL
-
Nat: $45,283
$11,434
/yr
-
-$0
Parkland College
Champaign
IL
-
Nat: $45,283
$5,553
/yr
-
-$0
Richland Community College
Decatur
IL
-
Nat: $45,283
$2,690
/yr
-
-$0
Triton College
River Grove
IL
-
Nat: $45,283
$3,243
/yr
-
-$0
Vincennes University
Vincennes
IN
-
Nat: $45,283
$10,093
/yr
-
-$0
Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny
IA
-
Nat: $45,283
$7,005
/yr
-
-$0
Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa
IA
-
Nat: $45,283
$11,505
/yr
-
-$0
Johnson County Community College
Overland Park
KS
-
Nat: $45,283
$12,359
/yr
-
-$0
Anne Arundel Community College
Arnold
MD
-
Nat: $45,283
$8,888
/yr
-
-$0
North Shore Community College
Danvers
MA
-
Nat: $45,283
$5,287
/yr
-
-$0
Springfield Technical Community College
Springfield
MA
-
Nat: $45,283
$2,020
/yr
-
-$0
Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City
MI
-
Nat: $45,283
$3,926
/yr
-
-$0
Oakland Community College
Auburn Hills
MI
-
Nat: $45,283
$5,190
/yr
-
-$0
Anoka Technical College
Anoka
MN
-
Nat: $45,283
$19,607
/yr
-
-$0
Central Lakes College-Brainerd
Brainerd
MN
-
Nat: $45,283
$15,556
/yr
-
-$0
Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park
MN
-
Nat: $45,283
$16,180
/yr
-
-$0
Rochester Community and Technical College
Rochester
MN
-
Nat: $45,283
$18,037
/yr
-
-$0
Century College
White Bear Lake
MN
-
Nat: $45,283
$14,725
/yr
-
-$0
East Mississippi Community College
Scooba
MS
-
Nat: $45,283
$3,276
/yr
-
-$0
Saint Louis Community College
Bridgeton
MO
-
Nat: $45,283
$2,967
/yr
-
-$0
Metropolitan Community College Area
Omaha
NE
-
Nat: $45,283
$3,811
/yr
-
-$0
Northeast Community College
Norfolk
NE
-
Nat: $45,283
$6,395
/yr
-
-$0
Southeast Community College Area
Lincoln
NE
-
Nat: $45,283
$4,223
/yr
-
-$0
Durham
NH
-
Nat: $45,283
$26,150
/yr
-
-$0
Bergen Community College
Paramus
NJ
-
Nat: $45,283
$10,158
/yr
-
-$0
Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus
Vineland
NJ
-
Nat: $45,283
$12,974
/yr
-
-$0
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus
Sewell
NJ
-
Nat: $45,283
$14,281
/yr
-
-$0
San Juan College
Farmington
NM
-
Nat: $45,283
$2,104
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Fe Community College
Santa Fe
NM
-
Nat: $45,283
$6,863
/yr
-
-$0
CUNY Bronx Community College
Bronx
NY
-
Nat: $45,283
$3,613
/yr
-
-$0
Finger Lakes Community College
Canandaigua
NY
-
Nat: $45,283
$13,117
/yr
-
-$0
Niagara County Community College
Sanborn
NY
-
Nat: $45,283
$8,745
/yr
-
-$0
Delhi
NY
-
Nat: $45,283
$17,334
/yr
-
-$0
Farmingdale
NY
-
Nat: $45,283
$6,146
/yr
-
-$0
Blue Ridge Community College
Flat Rock
NC
-
Nat: $45,283
$4,341
/yr
-
-$0
Brunswick Community College
Bolivia
NC
-
Nat: $45,283
$9,193
/yr
-
-$0
Cape Fear Community College
Wilmington
NC
-
Nat: $45,283
$6,156
/yr
-
-$0
Catawba Valley Community College
Hickory
NC
-
Nat: $45,283
$6,463
/yr
-
-$0
Forsyth Technical Community College
Winston-Salem
NC
-
Nat: $45,283
$2,937
/yr
-
-$0
Guilford Technical Community College
Jamestown
NC
-
Nat: $45,283
$17,020
/yr
-
-$0
Lenoir Community College
Kinston
NC
-
Nat: $45,283
$7,947
/yr
-
-$0
Pitt Community College
Winterville
NC
-
Nat: $45,283
$6,663
/yr
-
-$0
Rockingham Community College
Wentworth
NC
-
Nat: $45,283
$2,457
/yr
-
-$0
Sandhills Community College
Pinehurst
NC
-
Nat: $45,283
$6,345
/yr
-
-$0
Alamance Community College
Graham
NC
-
Nat: $45,283
$3,402
/yr
-
-$0
Wayne Community College
Goldsboro
NC
-
Nat: $45,283
$2,093
/yr
-
-$0
Western Piedmont Community College
Morganton
NC
-
Nat: $45,283
$3,726
/yr
-
-$0
Wilkes Community College
Wilkesboro
NC
-
Nat: $45,283
-
/yr
-
-$0
Dakota College at Bottineau
Bottineau
ND
-
Nat: $45,283
$11,499
/yr
-
-$0
Clark State College
Springfield
OH
-
Nat: $45,283
$10,176
/yr
-
-$0
Cuyahoga Community College District
Cleveland
OH
-
Nat: $45,283
$2,652
/yr
-
-$0
Kent State University at Salem
Salem
OH
-
Nat: $45,283
$11,097
/yr
-
-$0
Kent
OH
-
Nat: $45,283
$20,294
/yr
-
-$0
Kent State University at Geauga
Burton
OH
-
Nat: $45,283
$10,594
/yr
-
-$0
Owens Community College
Perrysburg
OH
-
Nat: $45,283
$10,862
/yr
-
-$0
Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City
OK
-
Nat: $45,283
$7,098
/yr
-
-$0
Chemeketa Community College
Salem
OR
-
Nat: $45,283
$5,855
/yr
-
-$0
Westmoreland County Community College
Youngwood
PA
-
Nat: $45,283
$6,175
/yr
-
-$0
Piedmont Technical College
Greenwood
SC
-
Nat: $45,283
$4,747
/yr
-
-$0
Trident Technical College
Charleston
SC
-
Nat: $45,283
-
/yr
-
-$0
Walters State Community College
Morristown
TN
-
Nat: $45,283
$7,082
/yr
-
-$0
Trinity Valley Community College
Athens
TX
-
Nat: $45,283
$4,015
/yr
-
-$0
Lee College
Baytown
TX
-
Nat: $45,283
$6,744
/yr
-
-$0
Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth
TX
-
Nat: $45,283
$3,775
/yr
-
-$0
Western Texas College
Snyder
TX
-
Nat: $45,283
$3,101
/yr
-
-$0
Vermont State University
Randolph
VT
-
Nat: $45,283
$22,358
/yr
-
-$0
J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Richmond
VA
-
Nat: $45,283
$5,599
/yr
-
-$0
Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale
VA
-
Nat: $45,283
$5,880
/yr
-
-$0
Tidewater Community College
Norfolk
VA
-
Nat: $45,283
$11,681
/yr
-
-$0
Virginia Highlands Community College
Abingdon
VA
-
Nat: $45,283
$6,872
/yr
-
-$0
Edmonds College
Lynnwood
WA
-
Nat: $45,283
$24,646
/yr
-
-$0
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Kirkland
WA
-
Nat: $45,283
$25,594
/yr
-
-$0
Walla Walla Community College
Walla Walla
WA
-
Nat: $45,283
$14,397
/yr
-
-$0
Gateway Technical College
Kenosha
WI
-
Nat: $45,283
$11,704
/yr
-
-$0
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee
WI
-
Nat: $45,283
$10,493
/yr
-
-$0
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Green Bay
WI
-
Nat: $45,283
$9,232
/yr
-
-$0
Eau Claire
WI
-
Nat: $45,283
$12,151
/yr
-
-$0
University of Puerto Rico-Utuado
Utuado
PR
-
Nat: $45,283
$13,588
/yr
-
-$0
Palo Alto College
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $45,283
$3,887
/yr
-
-$0
Hawaii Community College
Hilo
HI
-
Nat: $45,283
$8,514
/yr
-
-$0
Community College of Baltimore County
Baltimore
MD
-
Nat: $45,283
$6,920
/yr
-
-$0
Williamsport
PA
$48,964
Nat: $45,283
4yr Post-Grad
$24,761
/yr
-
-$7k
Sioux Falls
SD
$45,576
Nat: $45,283
4yr Post-Grad
$15,616
/yr
$11,403
-$24k
Raleigh
NC
$45,637
Nat: $45,283
4yr Post-Grad
$16,486
/yr
$12,000
-$25k
Spartanburg Community College
Spartanburg
SC
$42,768
Nat: $45,283
4yr Post-Grad
$2,954
/yr
-
-$29k
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
IA
$44,354
Nat: $45,283
4yr Post-Grad
$12,073
/yr
-
-$30k
Front Range Community College
Westminster
CO
$42,677
Nat: $45,283
4yr Post-Grad
$7,972
/yr
-
-$40k
Cobleskill
NY
$42,193
Nat: $45,283
4yr Post-Grad
$19,526
/yr
-
-$66k
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte
NC
$35,060
Nat: $45,283
2yr Post-Grad
$1,741
/yr
-
-$91k
Logan
UT
$35,242
Nat: $45,283
5yr Post-Grad
$12,644
/yr
-
-$131k
Portland Community College
Portland
OR
$29,685
Nat: $45,283
2yr Post-Grad
$6,234
/yr
-
-$157k
Spokane Community College
Spokane
WA
$33,539
Nat: $45,283
5yr Post-Grad
$20,482
/yr
-
-$162k
Linn
MO
$28,960
Nat: $45,283
2yr Post-Grad
$15,991
/yr
-
-$182k
College of Western Idaho
Nampa
ID
$25,194
Nat: $45,283
2yr Post-Grad
$11,193
/yr
-
-$214k
Iowa Central Community College
Fort Dodge
IA
$21,964
Nat: $45,283
2yr Post-Grad
$12,725
/yr
-
-$252k
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).