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Associate's Degree161 Institutions
Institution
State
Earnings
Avg Net PriceMedian Debt
Lifetime Value Added
Mission College
Santa Clara
CA
$64,174
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$5,080
/yr
-
+$162k
De Anza College
Cupertino
CA
$62,081
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$6,642
/yr
-
+$140k
Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa
CA
$57,450
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$6,331
/yr
-
+$98k
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill
CA
$56,683
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$8,312
/yr
-
+$87k
West Valley College
Saratoga
CA
$51,818
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$3,423
/yr
-
+$50k
College of the Canyons
Santa Clarita
CA
$50,526
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$3,702
/yr
-
+$37k
Cosumnes River College
Sacramento
CA
$48,681
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$5,981
/yr
-
+$15k
Chabot College
Hayward
CA
$48,932
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$9,053
/yr
-
+$11k
Cochise County Community College District
Sierra Vista
AZ
-
Nat: $44,144
$7,929
/yr
-
-$0
Eastern Arizona College
Thatcher
AZ
-
Nat: $44,144
$9,197
/yr
-
-$0
Pima Community College
Tucson
AZ
-
Nat: $44,144
$3,405
/yr
-
-$0
Ouachita Baptist University
Arkadelphia
AR
-
Nat: $44,144
$22,409
/yr
-
-$0
College of Alameda
Alameda
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$8,496
/yr
-
-$0
Allan Hancock College
Santa Maria
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$5,383
/yr
-
-$0
American River College
Sacramento
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$7,999
/yr
-
-$0
Barstow Community College
Barstow
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$12,773
/yr
-
-$0
Butte College
Oroville
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$5,520
/yr
-
-$0
Canada College
Redwood City
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$32
/yr
-
-$0
Cerritos College
Norwalk
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$2,424
/yr
-
-$0
Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$5,672
/yr
-
-$0
Citrus College
Glendora
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$4,135
/yr
-
-$0
City College of San Francisco
San Francisco
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$6,906
/yr
-
-$0
Coastline Community College
Fountain Valley
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$16,341
/yr
-
-$0
Columbia College
Sonora
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$11,316
/yr
-
-$0
Contra Costa College
San Pablo
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$9,490
/yr
-
-$0
Crafton Hills College
Yucaipa
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$11,331
/yr
-
-$0
Cuesta College
San Luis Obispo
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$12,124
/yr
-
-$0
Cypress College
Cypress
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$4,606
/yr
-
-$0
East Los Angeles College
Monterey Park
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$10,852
/yr
-
-$0
Feather River Community College District
Quincy
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$10,800
/yr
-
-$0
Foothill College
Los Altos Hills
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$7,653
/yr
-
-$0
Fullerton College
Fullerton
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$6,134
/yr
-
-$0
Golden West College
Huntington Beach
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$4,824
/yr
-
-$0
Hartnell College
Salinas
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$2,039
/yr
-
-$0
Imperial Valley College
Imperial
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$1,115
/yr
-
-$0
Irvine Valley College
Irvine
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$2,090
/yr
-
-$0
Reedley College
Reedley
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$6,814
/yr
-
-$0
Lake Tahoe Community College
South Lake Tahoe
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$8,516
/yr
-
-$0
Laney College
Oakland
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$17,110
/yr
-
-$0
Lassen Community College
Susanville
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$12,517
/yr
-
-$0
Long Beach City College
Long Beach
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$6,202
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles Pierce College
Woodland Hills
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$13,270
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles Southwest College
Los Angeles
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$5,964
/yr
-
-$0
Los Angeles Mission College
Sylmar
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$13,380
/yr
-
-$0
Los Medanos College
Pittsburg
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$7,443
/yr
-
-$0
College of Marin
Kentfield
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$12,351
/yr
-
-$0
Mendocino College
Ukiah
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$8,330
/yr
-
-$0
Merritt College
Oakland
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$14,021
/yr
-
-$0
MiraCosta College
Oceanside
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$7,339
/yr
-
-$0
Monterey Peninsula College
Monterey
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$11,373
/yr
-
-$0
Moorpark College
Moorpark
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$-2,296
/yr
-
-$0
Ohlone College
Fremont
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$11,130
/yr
-
-$0
Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$7,203
/yr
-
-$0
Oxnard College
Oxnard
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$-1,128
/yr
-
-$0
Palo Verde College
Blythe
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$18,993
/yr
-
-$0
Porterville College
Porterville
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$12,301
/yr
-
-$0
Rio Hondo College
Whittier
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$14,379
/yr
-
-$0
Saddleback College
Mission Viejo
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$4,152
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego City College
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$7,935
/yr
-
-$0
San Diego Miramar College
San Diego
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$3,337
/yr
-
-$0
San Jose City College
San Jose
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$16,959
/yr
-
-$0
College of San Mateo
San Mateo
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$536
/yr
-
-$0
Santa Barbara City College
Santa Barbara
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$11,315
/yr
-
-$0
Shasta College
Redding
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$2,878
/yr
-
-$0
Sierra College
Rocklin
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$7,245
/yr
-
-$0
College of the Siskiyous
Weed
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$11,120
/yr
-
-$0
Skyline College
San Bruno
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$1,738
/yr
-
-$0
San Bernardino Valley College
San Bernardino
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$18,943
/yr
-
-$0
Solano Community College
Fairfield
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$4,669
/yr
-
-$0
Taft College
Taft
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$2,823
/yr
-
-$0
Ventura College
Ventura
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$-982
/yr
-
-$0
Victor Valley College
Victorville
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$1,947
/yr
-
-$0
Berkeley City College
Berkeley
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$9,096
/yr
-
-$0
Coalinga College
Coalinga
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$10,477
/yr
-
-$0
West Los Angeles College
Culver City
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$9,634
/yr
-
-$0
Yuba College
Marysville
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$2,576
/yr
-
-$0
Connecticut State Community College
New Britain
CT
-
Nat: $44,144
$11,513
/yr
-
-$0
East Georgia State College
Swainsboro
GA
-
Nat: $44,144
$9,626
/yr
-
-$0
Gordon State College
Barnesville
GA
-
Nat: $44,144
$8,105
/yr
-
-$0
North Idaho College
Coeur d'Alene
ID
-
Nat: $44,144
$10,575
/yr
-
-$0
College of Southern Idaho
Twin Falls
ID
-
Nat: $44,144
$6,095
/yr
-
-$0
John A Logan College
Carterville
IL
-
Nat: $44,144
$5,541
/yr
-
-$0
Kankakee Community College
Kankakee
IL
-
Nat: $44,144
$4,665
/yr
-
-$0
Prairie State College
Chicago Heights
IL
-
Nat: $44,144
$4,738
/yr
-
-$0
Allen County Community College
Iola
KS
-
Nat: $44,144
$8,642
/yr
-
-$0
Independence Community College
Independence
KS
-
Nat: $44,144
$3,265
/yr
-
-$0
Thomas More University
Crestview Hills
KY
-
Nat: $44,144
$21,835
/yr
-
-$0
Bunker Hill Community College
Boston
MA
-
Nat: $44,144
$7,818
/yr
-
-$0
Cape Cod Community College
West Barnstable
MA
-
Nat: $44,144
$8,296
/yr
-
-$0
Dean College
Franklin
MA
-
Nat: $44,144
$30,684
/yr
-
-$0
Alpena Community College
Alpena
MI
-
Nat: $44,144
$3,320
/yr
-
-$0
Lansing Community College
Lansing
MI
-
Nat: $44,144
$5,437
/yr
-
-$0
Hinds Community College
Raymond
MS
-
Nat: $44,144
$4,060
/yr
-
-$0
Jones County Junior College
Ellisville
MS
-
Nat: $44,144
$6,048
/yr
-
-$0
Park University
Parkville
MO
-
Nat: $44,144
$21,032
/yr
-
-$0
College of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas
NV
-
Nat: $44,144
$6,615
/yr
-
-$0
New England College
Henniker
NH
-
Nat: $44,144
$26,972
/yr
-
-$0
Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque
NM
-
Nat: $44,144
$4,621
/yr
-
-$0
Owens Community College
Perrysburg
OH
-
Nat: $44,144
$10,369
/yr
-
-$0
University of Rio Grande
Rio Grande
OH
-
Nat: $44,144
$23,686
/yr
-
-$0
Sinclair Community College
Dayton
OH
-
Nat: $44,144
$5,992
/yr
-
-$0
Stark State College
North Canton
OH
-
Nat: $44,144
$5,986
/yr
-
-$0
Carl Albert State College
Poteau
OK
-
Nat: $44,144
$14,607
/yr
-
-$0
Connors State College
Warner
OK
-
Nat: $44,144
$10,199
/yr
-
-$0
Linn-Benton Community College
Albany
OR
-
Nat: $44,144
$11,553
/yr
-
-$0
Mt Hood Community College
Gresham
OR
-
Nat: $44,144
$7,821
/yr
-
-$0
Luzerne County Community College
Nanticoke
PA
-
Nat: $44,144
$9,433
/yr
-
-$0
South Dakota State University
Brookings
SD
-
Nat: $44,144
$19,841
/yr
-
-$0
Austin Community College District
Austin
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$6,390
/yr
-
-$0
Del Mar College
Corpus Christi
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$3,399
/yr
-
-$0
Frank Phillips College
Borger
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$7,953
/yr
-
-$0
Galveston College
Galveston
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$8,412
/yr
-
-$0
Grayson College
Denison
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$5,880
/yr
-
-$0
Trinity Valley Community College
Athens
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$4,092
/yr
-
-$0
Lamar State College-Orange
Orange
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$1,655
/yr
-
-$0
Laredo College
Laredo
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$5,798
/yr
-
-$0
Navarro College
Corsicana
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$14,820
/yr
-
-$0
Odessa College
Odessa
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$6,368
/yr
-
-$0
Paris Junior College
Paris
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$7,690
/yr
-
-$0
St Philip's College
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$4,273
/yr
-
-$0
San Antonio College
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$4,585
/yr
-
-$0
South Plains College
Levelland
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$6,791
/yr
-
-$0
Temple College
Temple
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$10,682
/yr
-
-$0
Tyler Junior College
Tyler
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$10,206
/yr
-
-$0
Vernon College
Vernon
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$6,404
/yr
-
-$0
Snow College
Ephraim
UT
-
Nat: $44,144
$5,552
/yr
-
-$0
Casper College
Casper
WY
-
Nat: $44,144
$9,593
/yr
-
-$0
Northwest College
Powell
WY
-
Nat: $44,144
$7,463
/yr
-
-$0
Western Wyoming Community College
Rock Springs
WY
-
Nat: $44,144
$6,591
/yr
-
-$0
Palo Alto College
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$4,463
/yr
-
-$0
Las Positas College
Livermore
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$5,377
/yr
-
-$0
Copper Mountain Community College
Joshua Tree
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$9,105
/yr
-
-$0
Santiago Canyon College
Orange
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$2,129
/yr
-
-$0
Coconino Community College
Flagstaff
AZ
-
Nat: $44,144
$13,996
/yr
-
-$0
Northwest Vista College
San Antonio
TX
-
Nat: $44,144
$4,525
/yr
-
-$0
Lemoore College
Lemoore
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$10,832
/yr
-
-$0
Moreno Valley College
Moreno Valley
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$6,483
/yr
-
-$0
Norco College
Norco
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$5,169
/yr
-
-$0
Georgia Military College
Milledgeville
GA
-
Nat: $44,144
$16,923
/yr
-
-$0
Clovis Community College
Fresno
CA
-
Nat: $44,144
$4,590
/yr
-
-$0
Modesto Junior College
Modesto
CA
$46,397
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$2,818
/yr
-
-$2k
San Diego Mesa College
San Diego
CA
$46,618
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$5,814
/yr
-
-$5k
CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
New York
NY
$46,133
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$4,976
/yr
-
-$8k
Riverside City College
Riverside
CA
$46,730
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$8,377
/yr
-
-$9k
Salt Lake Community College
Salt Lake City
UT
$46,471
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$9,804
/yr
$5,750
-$14k
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana
CA
$45,161
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$3,133
/yr
-
-$14k
Bakersfield College
Bakersfield
CA
$45,822
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$14,621
/yr
-
-$29k
Antelope Valley Community College District
Lancaster
CA
$42,230
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$3,860
/yr
$13,500
-$45k
Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma City
OK
$42,067
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$4,739
/yr
$12,998
-$48k
Sacramento City College
Sacramento
CA
$42,361
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$6,614
/yr
-
-$48k
Merced College
Merced
CA
$41,486
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$5,040
/yr
-
-$54k
College of Western Idaho
Nampa
ID
$41,791
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$8,500
/yr
-
-$58k
Southwestern College
Chula Vista
CA
$42,170
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$12,671
/yr
-
-$61k
Fresno City College
Fresno
CA
$40,709
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$8,069
/yr
-
-$67k
College of the Sequoias
Visalia
CA
$38,796
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$480
/yr
-
-$72k
Pasadena City College
Pasadena
CA
$39,348
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$3,864
/yr
-
-$73k
Delaware County Community College
Media
PA
$39,381
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$6,576
/yr
-
-$78k
Mt San Antonio College
Walnut
CA
$37,703
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$6,490
/yr
-
-$94k
Los Angeles Valley College
Valley Glen
CA
$38,299
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$12,152
/yr
-
-$99k
Glendale Community College
Glendale
CA
$34,788
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$8,365
/yr
-
-$127k
College of the Desert
Palm Desert
CA
$35,465
Nat: $44,144
4yr Post-Grad
$15,728
/yr
-
-$134k
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.