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Associate's Degree123 Institutions
Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
Dunwoody College of Technology
Minneapolis
MN
$65,849
5yr Post-Grad
$27,023
/yr
-
+$137k
County College of Morris
Randolph
NJ
$54,286
5yr Post-Grad
$9,259
/yr
-
+$62k
The New School
New York
NY
$56,224
5yr Post-Grad
$55,359
/yr
$14,750
-$4k
Macomb Community College
Warren
MI
$45,307
5yr Post-Grad
$5,725
/yr
$9,850
-$18k
Portland Community College
Portland
OR
$45,682
5yr Post-Grad
$9,920
/yr
$17,506
-$22k
Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh
NC
$44,420
5yr Post-Grad
$6,935
/yr
-
-$29k
Ferris State University
Big Rapids
MI
$45,167
5yr Post-Grad
$12,202
/yr
-
-$31k
Arapahoe Community College
Littleton
CO
$44,854
5yr Post-Grad
$10,790
/yr
$15,125
-$32k
Austin Community College District
Austin
TX
$43,956
5yr Post-Grad
$6,306
/yr
$19,939
-$32k
Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny
IA
$44,720
5yr Post-Grad
$11,050
/yr
$13,000
-$33k
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee
WI
$43,680
5yr Post-Grad
$9,589
/yr
-
-$41k
Fashion Institute of Technology
New York
NY
$44,559
5yr Post-Grad
$22,024
/yr
$11,640
-$55k
New England Institute of Technology
East Greenwich
RI
$46,923
5yr Post-Grad
$36,906
/yr
$12,000
-$59k
Utah Valley University
Orem
UT
$41,142
5yr Post-Grad
$8,463
/yr
-
-$64k
Sessions College for Professional Design
Tempe
AZ
$42,234
5yr Post-Grad
$15,156
/yr
$19,854
-$65k
Century College
White Bear Lake
MN
$40,545
5yr Post-Grad
$10,037
/yr
$13,000
-$73k
Alexandria Technical & Community College
Alexandria
MN
$41,084
5yr Post-Grad
$14,150
/yr
$12,000
-$75k
Elgin Community College
Elgin
IL
$39,299
5yr Post-Grad
$5,778
/yr
-
-$77k
Truckee Meadows Community College
Reno
NV
$39,569
5yr Post-Grad
$7,457
/yr
-
-$78k
Lane Community College
Eugene
OR
$37,208
2yr Post-Grad
$7,427
/yr
-
-$78k
Mesa Community College
Mesa
AZ
$40,530
5yr Post-Grad
$13,438
/yr
-
-$79k
Suffolk County Community College
Selden
NY
$38,842
5yr Post-Grad
$4,882
/yr
$8,906
-$80k
Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North
Liverpool
NY
$39,599
5yr Post-Grad
$9,972
/yr
$15,417
-$82k
Monroe Community College
Rochester
NY
$38,571
5yr Post-Grad
$6,569
/yr
$8,000
-$86k
Southeast Community College Area
Lincoln
NE
$38,706
5yr Post-Grad
$8,470
/yr
-
-$88k
Chemeketa Community College
Salem
OR
$38,597
5yr Post-Grad
$8,457
/yr
-
-$89k
Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo
Buffalo
NY
$39,599
5yr Post-Grad
$14,117
/yr
$15,417
-$90k
Gwinnett Technical College
Lawrenceville
GA
$39,266
5yr Post-Grad
$12,599
/yr
$14,482
-$90k
Bryant & Stratton College-Greece
Rochester
NY
$39,599
5yr Post-Grad
$14,664
/yr
$15,417
-$91k
Dakota County Technical College
Rosemount
MN
$38,868
5yr Post-Grad
$11,140
/yr
-
-$91k
Bryant & Stratton College-Wauwatosa
Wauwatosa
WI
$39,599
5yr Post-Grad
$15,135
/yr
$15,417
-$91k
Academy of Art University
San Francisco
CA
$43,707
5yr Post-Grad
$39,778
/yr
$31,937
-$96k
Collin County Community College District
McKinney
TX
$35,600
2yr Post-Grad
$8,986
/yr
-
-$98k
Madison Area Technical College
Madison
WI
$36,134
2yr Post-Grad
$12,392
/yr
$12,120
-$99k
Metropolitan Community College Area
Omaha
NE
$36,677
5yr Post-Grad
$4,005
/yr
$8,831
-$100k
Cuyahoga Community College District
Cleveland
OH
$36,586
5yr Post-Grad
$4,538
/yr
$6,000
-$102k
Johnson County Community College
Overland Park
KS
$38,139
5yr Post-Grad
$13,912
/yr
$9,341
-$104k
The Modern College of Design
Kettering
OH
$41,953
5yr Post-Grad
$34,709
/yr
$5,500
-$104k
Sinclair Community College
Dayton
OH
$36,535
5yr Post-Grad
$5,741
/yr
$11,000
-$105k
Kirkwood Community College
Cedar Rapids
IA
$34,704
2yr Post-Grad
$9,388
/yr
$10,168
-$108k
Finger Lakes Community College
Canandaigua
NY
$37,547
5yr Post-Grad
$14,186
/yr
-
-$110k
Roosevelt University
Chicago
IL
$38,385
5yr Post-Grad
$20,152
/yr
$13,417
-$113k
Onondaga Community College
Syracuse
NY
$35,938
5yr Post-Grad
$7,178
/yr
$9,922
-$113k
Scottsdale Community College
Scottsdale
AZ
$36,987
5yr Post-Grad
$14,380
/yr
-
-$116k
Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton
WI
$36,286
5yr Post-Grad
$10,910
/yr
$10,684
-$117k
Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta
GA
$34,941
5yr Post-Grad
$4,546
/yr
-
-$118k
Herzing University-Madison
Madison
WI
$37,778
5yr Post-Grad
$20,319
/yr
-
-$119k
Lakeland Community College
Kirtland
OH
$33,281
2yr Post-Grad
$7,557
/yr
-
-$120k
Fayetteville Technical Community College
Fayetteville
NC
$34,572
5yr Post-Grad
$3,723
/yr
-
-$121k
North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene
ID
$35,835
5yr Post-Grad
$11,481
/yr
-
-$122k
Sussex County Community College
Newton
NJ
$34,977
5yr Post-Grad
$7,054
/yr
-
-$123k
Nassau Community College
Garden City
NY
$34,571
5yr Post-Grad
$5,736
/yr
-
-$124k
Interior Designers Institute
Newport Beach
CA
$33,394
5yr Post-Grad
-
/yr
$24,500
-$126k
Niagara County Community College
Sanborn
NY
$34,688
5yr Post-Grad
$7,222
/yr
-
-$126k
Waukesha County Technical College
Pewaukee
WI
$34,755
5yr Post-Grad
$9,400
/yr
$15,554
-$129k
Guilford Technical Community College
Jamestown
NC
$35,360
5yr Post-Grad
$13,926
/yr
$11,708
-$131k
CUNY Kingsborough Community College
Brooklyn
NY
$33,696
5yr Post-Grad
$5,436
/yr
-
-$133k
Western Technical College
La Crosse
WI
$34,819
5yr Post-Grad
$12,069
/yr
$11,479
-$133k
Gateway Technical College
Kenosha
WI
$34,173
5yr Post-Grad
$8,667
/yr
$14,966
-$134k
CUNY Hostos Community College
Bronx
NY
$33,160
5yr Post-Grad
$5,001
/yr
-
-$137k
Ensign College
Salt Lake City
UT
$31,839
2yr Post-Grad
$10,003
/yr
-
-$140k
Central Piedmont Community College
Charlotte
NC
$32,514
5yr Post-Grad
$3,660
/yr
-
-$141k
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City
UT
$33,160
5yr Post-Grad
$7,661
/yr
$10,088
-$142k
Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Kalamazoo
MI
$32,136
5yr Post-Grad
$2,991
/yr
-
-$144k
Pima Community College
Tucson
AZ
$32,150
5yr Post-Grad
$3,123
/yr
-
-$144k
Atlantic University
Guaynabo
PR
$32,355
5yr Post-Grad
$6,305
/yr
-
-$148k
Berkeley College-Woodland Park
Woodland Park
NJ
$32,925
2yr Post-Grad
$20,549
/yr
$14,572
-$148k
Saint Louis Community College
Bridgeton
MO
$32,360
5yr Post-Grad
$6,458
/yr
-
-$148k
Sullivan University
Louisville
KY
$35,884
5yr Post-Grad
$25,785
/yr
-
-$148k
Virginia Western Community College
Roanoke
VA
$32,086
5yr Post-Grad
$5,618
/yr
-
-$149k
Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology
Okmulgee
OK
$31,133
2yr Post-Grad
$11,588
/yr
-
-$150k
San Antonio College
San Antonio
TX
$31,633
5yr Post-Grad
$5,290
/yr
-
-$153k
Minneapolis Community and Technical College
Minneapolis
MN
$32,939
5yr Post-Grad
$13,235
/yr
$12,000
-$154k
North Hennepin Community College
Brooklyn Park
MN
$30,409
2yr Post-Grad
$9,804
/yr
-
-$155k
Texas State Technical College
Waco
TX
$32,318
5yr Post-Grad
$10,280
/yr
$12,960
-$155k
Cecil College
North East
MD
$32,214
5yr Post-Grad
$10,097
/yr
-
-$156k
South University-Savannah
Savannah
GA
$34,543
5yr Post-Grad
$24,116
/yr
-
-$158k
Chattanooga State Community College
Chattanooga
TN
$31,084
5yr Post-Grad
$5,702
/yr
$9,288
-$159k
Lansing Community College
Lansing
MI
$28,960
2yr Post-Grad
$4,003
/yr
-
-$160k
SUNY Adirondack
Queensbury
NY
$31,551
5yr Post-Grad
$10,363
/yr
-
-$163k
Ivy Tech Community College
Indianapolis
IN
$30,514
5yr Post-Grad
$6,544
/yr
$12,336
-$167k
NorthWest Arkansas Community College
Bentonville
AR
$28,598
2yr Post-Grad
$5,719
/yr
-
-$167k
Northwest College
Powell
WY
$30,265
5yr Post-Grad
$7,394
/yr
-
-$171k
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus
Carolina
PR
$29,984
5yr Post-Grad
$7,569
/yr
-
-$174k
Delgado Community College
New Orleans
LA
$30,770
5yr Post-Grad
$11,926
/yr
$24,782
-$174k
Northampton County Area Community College
Bethlehem
PA
$30,533
5yr Post-Grad
$10,666
/yr
-
-$174k
Hawkeye Community College
Waterloo
IA
$30,356
5yr Post-Grad
$10,298
/yr
-
-$175k
Tidewater Community College
Norfolk
VA
$29,918
5yr Post-Grad
$7,991
/yr
$11,348
-$175k
Connecticut State Community College
New Britain
CT
$29,626
5yr Post-Grad
$8,865
/yr
-
-$180k
Los Angeles Film School
Hollywood
CA
$33,999
5yr Post-Grad
$33,130
/yr
-
-$180k
Washtenaw Community College
Ann Arbor
MI
$26,933
2yr Post-Grad
$3,561
/yr
-
-$181k
Horry-Georgetown Technical College
Conway
SC
$28,147
5yr Post-Grad
$3,719
/yr
-
-$185k
International Business College-Indianapolis
Indianapolis
IN
$29,876
5yr Post-Grad
$14,989
/yr
$10,143
-$188k
Guam Community College
Mangilao
GU
$26,121
2yr Post-Grad
$4,620
/yr
-
-$191k
Owens Community College
Perrysburg
OH
$28,550
5yr Post-Grad
$10,202
/yr
-
-$193k
College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas
NV
$27,634
5yr Post-Grad
$6,329
/yr
-
-$195k
Brookdale Community College
Lincroft
NJ
$26,353
2yr Post-Grad
$8,882
/yr
-
-$197k
Luzerne County Community College
Nanticoke
PA
$28,106
5yr Post-Grad
$10,228
/yr
-
-$198k
Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh
PA
$25,967
2yr Post-Grad
$8,166
/yr
-
-$199k
Sullivan County Community College
Loch Sheldrake
NY
$27,710
5yr Post-Grad
$9,263
/yr
-
-$200k
Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park
MN
$26,353
2yr Post-Grad
$10,925
/yr
-
-$200k
Henry Ford College
Dearborn
MI
$25,623
5yr Post-Grad
$576
/yr
-
-$205k
Phoenix College
Phoenix
AZ
$27,412
5yr Post-Grad
$11,728
/yr
-
-$207k
Catawba Valley Community College
Hickory
NC
$25,194
2yr Post-Grad
$9,415
/yr
-
-$210k
Platt College-Ontario
Ontario
CA
$29,740
5yr Post-Grad
$27,002
/yr
-
-$212k
Front Range Community College
Westminster
CO
$25,194
2yr Post-Grad
$10,854
/yr
-
-$213k
Platt College-Los Angeles
Alhambra
CA
$29,740
5yr Post-Grad
$28,014
/yr
-
-$214k
Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma City
OK
$24,035
2yr Post-Grad
$5,135
/yr
-
-$215k
SOWELA Technical Community College
Lake Charles
LA
$24,035
2yr Post-Grad
$8,861
/yr
-
-$222k
Augusta Technical College
Augusta
GA
$25,066
5yr Post-Grad
$8,509
/yr
-
-$225k
Spokane Falls Community College
Spokane
WA
$22,485
2yr Post-Grad
$7,402
/yr
$11,756
-$236k
South Plains College
Levelland
TX
$22,747
5yr Post-Grad
$7,062
/yr
-
-$246k
Vincennes University
Vincennes
IN
$21,964
2yr Post-Grad
$10,215
/yr
-
-$246k
Northeast Community College
Norfolk
NE
$21,508
2yr Post-Grad
$8,812
/yr
-
-$249k
CUNY LaGuardia Community College
Long Island City
NY
$21,605
5yr Post-Grad
$5,699
/yr
-
-$256k
Nashville State Community College
Nashville
TN
$20,140
2yr Post-Grad
$6,283
/yr
-
-$259k
Wayne Community College
Goldsboro
NC
$20,225
5yr Post-Grad
$4,152
/yr
-
-$267k
Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale
FL
$25,603
5yr Post-Grad
$34,439
/yr
$24,486
-$268k
Wilkes Community College
Wilkesboro
NC
$18,087
2yr Post-Grad
$-28
/yr
-
-$270k
East Central College
Union
MO
$19,227
2yr Post-Grad
$12,522
/yr
-
-$280k
Douglas Education Center
Monessen
PA
$19,227
2yr Post-Grad
$26,922
/yr
-
-$307k
El Paso Community College
El Paso
TX
$13,702
2yr Post-Grad
$4,154
/yr
-
-$326k
Harford Community College
Bel Air
MD
$9,167
2yr Post-Grad
$9,953
/yr
-
-$390k
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.