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Associate's Degree•127 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 ($56,131)
P25-P75 Interval ($39,927 - $64,672)
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 ($55,209)
P25-P75 Interval ($39,927 - $64,672)
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 ($55,209)
P25-P75 Interval ($39,927 - $64,672)
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
Godfrey
IL
$77,989
Nat: $55,148
5yr Post-Grad
$4,998
/yr
-
+$288k
Lancaster
PA
$74,523
Nat: $55,148
5yr Post-Grad
$10,665
/yr
-
+$247k
Los Angeles Trade Technical College
Los Angeles
CA
$71,209
Nat: $55,148
5yr Post-Grad
$3,531
/yr
-
+$231k
Austin Community College District
Austin
TX
$67,712
Nat: $55,148
4yr Post-Grad
$2,445
/yr
-
+$213k
Big Rapids
MI
$66,719
Nat: $55,148
4yr Post-Grad
$8,402
/yr
-
+$193k
St Cloud Technical and Community College
Saint Cloud
MN
$66,234
Nat: $55,148
4yr Post-Grad
$14,905
/yr
-
+$177k
Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth
TX
$64,672
Nat: $55,148
5yr Post-Grad
$3,775
/yr
-
+$171k
Linn-Benton Community College
Albany
OR
$64,953
Nat: $55,148
5yr Post-Grad
$11,308
/yr
-
+$160k
Saint Louis
MO
$63,908
Nat: $55,148
4yr Post-Grad
$20,834
/yr
$12,000
+$144k
Grayson College
Denison
TX
$60,085
Nat: $55,148
5yr Post-Grad
$5,743
/yr
-
+$125k
Clackamas Community College
Oregon City
OR
$56,415
Nat: $55,209
2yr Post-Grad
$9,041
/yr
-
+$117k
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College
Green Bay
WI
$58,127
Nat: $55,148
4yr Post-Grad
$9,232
/yr
-
+$111k
Cincinnati State Technical and Community College
Cincinnati
OH
$58,371
Nat: $55,148
5yr Post-Grad
$5,184
/yr
-
+$109k
East Greenwich
RI
$62,399
Nat: $55,148
4yr Post-Grad
$39,333
/yr
-
+$96k
Texas State Technical College
Waco
TX
$55,209
Nat: $55,148
4yr Post-Grad
$13,663
/yr
-
+$74k
Williamsport
PA
$56,131
Nat: $55,148
4yr Post-Grad
$24,761
/yr
-
+$63k
Columbus State Community College
Columbus
OH
$50,188
Nat: $55,148
4yr Post-Grad
$7,667
/yr
-
+$36k
Mt San Antonio College
Walnut
CA
$46,087
Nat: $55,148
2yr Post-Grad
$1,676
/yr
-
+$25k
North Dakota State College of Science
Wahpeton
ND
$46,087
Nat: $55,148
2yr Post-Grad
$11,706
/yr
$11,000
+$6k
College of Business and Technology
Hialeah
Earnings shared by 2 College of Business and Technology campuses, which report as one program.
FL
$48,102
Nat: $55,148
4yr Post-Grad
$13,875
/yr
$15,950
+$4k
Gadsden State Community College
Gadsden
AL
-
Nat: $55,148
$2,125
/yr
-
-$0
George C Wallace Community College-Dothan
Dothan
AL
-
Nat: $55,148
$772
/yr
-
-$0
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College
Huntsville
AL
-
Nat: $55,148
$6,048
/yr
-
-$0
Shelton State Community College
Tuscaloosa
AL
-
Nat: $55,148
$8,931
/yr
-
-$0
H Councill Trenholm State Community College
Montgomery
AL
-
Nat: $55,148
$8,855
/yr
-
-$0
Bevill State Community College
Jasper
AL
-
Nat: $55,148
$4,857
/yr
-
-$0
Arizona Western College
Yuma
AZ
-
Nat: $55,148
$8,825
/yr
-
-$0
GateWay Community College
Phoenix
AZ
-
Nat: $55,148
$12,137
/yr
-
-$0
Allan Hancock College
Santa Maria
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$3,975
/yr
-
-$0
Antelope Valley Community College District
Lancaster
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$85
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Canyons
Santa Clarita
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$19,542
/yr
-
-$0
Citrus College
Glendora
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$850
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia College
Sonora
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$9,054
/yr
-
-$0
Cuyamaca College
El Cajon
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$7,178
/yr
-
-$0
Cypress College
Cypress
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$759
/yr
-
-$0
De Anza College
Cupertino
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$3,801
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Desert
Palm Desert
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$17,769
/yr
-
-$0
Gavilan College
Gilroy
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$22,074
/yr
-
-$0
Imperial Valley College
Imperial
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$1,562
/yr
-
-$0
Laney College
Oakland
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$9,315
/yr
-
-$0
Merced College
Merced
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$714
/yr
-
-$0
Mt San Jacinto Community College District
San Jacinto
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$8,198
/yr
-
-$0
Oxnard College
Oxnard
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
-
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$7,224
/yr
-
-$0
Rio Hondo College
Whittier
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$15,389
/yr
-
-$0
Riverside City College
Riverside
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$24,678
/yr
-
-$0
Sacramento City College
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$5,713
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego City College
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$18,693
/yr
-
-$0
San Jose City College
San Jose
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$15,965
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Sequoias
Visalia
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$1,096
/yr
-
-$0
San Bernardino Valley College
San Bernardino
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$17,782
/yr
-
-$0
Solano Community College
Fairfield
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$2,905
/yr
-
-$0
Front Range Community College
Westminster
CO
-
Nat: $55,148
$7,972
/yr
-
-$0
Colorado Mesa University
Grand Junction
CO
-
Nat: $55,148
$14,808
/yr
-
-$0
Pikes Peak State College
Colorado Springs
CO
-
Nat: $55,148
$4,709
/yr
-
-$0
Connecticut State Community College
New Britain
CT
-
Nat: $55,148
$9,195
/yr
-
-$0
Delaware Technical Community College-Terry
Dover
DE
-
Nat: $55,148
$8,401
/yr
-
-$0
Indian River State College
Fort Pierce
FL
-
Nat: $55,148
$2,617
/yr
-
-$0
Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta
GA
-
Nat: $55,148
$5,227
/yr
-
-$0
North Georgia Technical College
Clarkesville
GA
-
Nat: $55,148
$4,597
/yr
-
-$0
Eastern Iowa Community College District
Davenport
IA
-
Nat: $55,148
$12,958
/yr
-
-$0
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
IA
-
Nat: $55,148
$12,073
/yr
-
-$0
Barton County Community College
Great Bend
KS
-
Nat: $55,148
$10,725
/yr
-
-$0
Fort Scott Community College
Fort Scott
KS
-
Nat: $55,148
$4,580
/yr
-
-$0
Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Lexington
KY
-
Nat: $55,148
$1,638
/yr
-
-$0
ITI Technical College
Baton Rouge
LA
-
Nat: $55,148
$22,128
/yr
$14,295
-$0
Cape Cod Community College
West Barnstable
MA
-
Nat: $55,148
$7,964
/yr
-
-$0
Holyoke Community College
Holyoke
MA
-
Nat: $55,148
$6,427
/yr
-
-$0
Massachusetts Bay Community College
Wellesley Hills
MA
-
Nat: $55,148
$1,756
/yr
-
-$0
Massasoit Community College
Brockton
MA
-
Nat: $55,148
$6,492
/yr
-
-$0
Bay de Noc Community College
Escanaba
MI
-
Nat: $55,148
$9,028
/yr
-
-$0
Mott Community College
Flint
MI
-
Nat: $55,148
$9,438
/yr
-
-$0
Delta College
University Center
MI
-
Nat: $55,148
$7,911
/yr
-
-$0
Henry Ford College
Dearborn
MI
-
Nat: $55,148
$317
/yr
-
-$0
Macomb Community College
Warren
MI
-
Nat: $55,148
-
/yr
-
-$0
Oakland Community College
Auburn Hills
MI
-
Nat: $55,148
$5,190
/yr
-
-$0
Schoolcraft Community College District
Livonia
MI
-
Nat: $55,148
$9,329
/yr
-
-$0
Minnesota North College
Hibbing
MN
-
Nat: $55,148
$12,194
/yr
-
-$0
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
Kansas City
MO
-
Nat: $55,148
$9,851
/yr
-
-$0
College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas
NV
-
Nat: $55,148
$6,016
/yr
-
-$0
Raritan Valley Community College
Branchburg
NJ
-
Nat: $55,148
$4,662
/yr
-
-$0
Clinton Community College
Plattsburgh
NY
-
Nat: $55,148
$9,116
/yr
-
-$0
CUNY Bronx Community College
Bronx
NY
-
Nat: $55,148
$3,613
/yr
-
-$0
CUNY New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn
NY
-
Nat: $55,148
$2,818
/yr
-
-$0
Erie Community College
Buffalo
NY
-
Nat: $55,148
$10,988
/yr
-
-$0
Alfred
NY
-
Nat: $55,148
$14,079
/yr
-
-$0
Canton
NY
-
Nat: $55,148
$12,696
/yr
-
-$0
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Asheville
NC
-
Nat: $55,148
$8,652
/yr
-
-$0
Bismarck
ND
-
Nat: $55,148
$9,531
/yr
-
-$0
Belmont College
St Clairsville
OH
-
Nat: $55,148
$5,909
/yr
-
-$0
Clark State College
Springfield
OH
-
Nat: $55,148
$10,176
/yr
-
-$0
Kent State University at East Liverpool
East Liverpool
OH
-
Nat: $55,148
$10,025
/yr
-
-$0
Kent State University at Trumbull
Warren
OH
-
Nat: $55,148
$11,622
/yr
-
-$0
Zane State College
Zanesville
OH
-
Nat: $55,148
$8,577
/yr
-
-$0
Wooster
OH
-
Nat: $55,148
$17,148
/yr
-
-$0
Columbus
OH
-
Nat: $55,148
$17,269
/yr
-
-$0
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus
Chillicothe
OH
-
Nat: $55,148
$6,719
/yr
-
-$0
Ohio University-Southern Campus
Ironton
OH
-
Nat: $55,148
$6,189
/yr
-
-$0
Athens
OH
-
Nat: $55,148
$20,666
/yr
-
-$0
Sinclair Community College
Dayton
OH
-
Nat: $55,148
$5,245
/yr
-
-$0
Lane Community College
Eugene
OR
-
Nat: $55,148
$12,828
/yr
-
-$0
Mt Hood Community College
Gresham
OR
-
Nat: $55,148
$5,233
/yr
-
-$0
Central Carolina Technical College
Sumter
SC
-
Nat: $55,148
$1,232
/yr
-
-$0
Sioux Falls
SD
-
Nat: $55,148
$15,616
/yr
-
-$0
Western Dakota Technical College
Rapid City
SD
-
Nat: $55,148
$11,390
/yr
-
-$0
Midland College
Midland
TX
-
Nat: $55,148
$4,224
/yr
-
-$0
Mountain Empire Community College
Big Stone Gap
VA
-
Nat: $55,148
$7,931
/yr
-
-$0
Clover Park Technical College
Lakewood
WA
-
Nat: $55,148
$17,744
/yr
-
-$0
Moraine Park Technical College
Fond du Lac
WI
-
Nat: $55,148
$9,785
/yr
-
-$0
Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de Guayama
Guayama
PR
-
Nat: $55,148
$4,742
/yr
-
-$0
Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de San Juan
San Juan
PR
-
Nat: $55,148
$988
/yr
-
-$0
NorthWest Arkansas Community College
Bentonville
AR
-
Nat: $55,148
$4,139
/yr
-
-$0
Santiago Canyon College
Orange
CA
-
Nat: $55,148
$2,040
/yr
-
-$0
Community College of Baltimore County
Baltimore
MD
-
Nat: $55,148
$6,920
/yr
-
-$0
Lamar Institute of Technology
Beaumont
TX
-
Nat: $55,148
$9,860
/yr
-
-$0
Bloomsburg
PA
-
Nat: $55,148
$17,468
/yr
-
-$0
College of Business and Technology
Miami
Earnings shared by 2 College of Business and Technology campuses, which report as one program.
FL
$48,102
Nat: $55,148
4yr Post-Grad
$17,961
/yr
$15,950
-$3k
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee
WI
$39,927
Nat: $55,148
2yr Post-Grad
$10,493
/yr
-
-$56k
Terra State Community College
Fremont
OH
$41,193
Nat: $55,148
2yr Post-Grad
$19,194
/yr
-
-$58k
New Mexico State University-Dona Ana
Las Cruces
NM
$36,674
Nat: $55,148
2yr Post-Grad
$1,844
/yr
-
-$74k
Las Cruces
NM
$36,674
Nat: $55,148
2yr Post-Grad
$6,313
/yr
-
-$82k
Vernon College
Vernon
TX
$38,229
Nat: $55,148
5yr Post-Grad
$6,621
/yr
-
-$90k
Stark State College
North Canton
OH
$34,704
Nat: $55,148
2yr Post-Grad
$5,670
/yr
-
-$102k
St Philip's College
San Antonio
TX
$33,993
Nat: $55,148
2yr Post-Grad
$4,544
/yr
-
-$107k
Marquette
MI
$32,925
Nat: $55,148
2yr Post-Grad
$12,759
/yr
-
-$134k
Red Rocks Community College
Lakewood
CO
$25,194
Nat: $55,148
2yr Post-Grad
$5,311
/yr
-
-$203k
Western Technical College
El Paso
TX
$47,305
Nat: $55,148
4yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
$24,462Cost not reported
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).