Audiovisual Communications Technologies/Technicians
6,621 students earn a audiovisual communications technologies/technicians credential each year across 293 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.
- Typical earnings, 1 year out
- $27,701
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $40,147
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Bachelor's programs — 47 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida508$30,0141 year out$32,451$43,0002Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey126$27,7011 year out$46,101$22,7503Bowie State UniversityBowie, Maryland97$35,1681 year out$57,453$26,0004Belmont UniversityNashville, Tennessee94$22,6641 year out$40,147$24,1365University of Puerto Rico-AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico62$6,3161 year out$23,750$5,5006Husson UniversityBangor, Maine37$29,7361 year out$34,940$27,0007Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, Georgia34$20,6821 year out$38,034$26,0008SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, New York29$24,6871 year out$37,576$25,4699California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California28—1 year out——10St. John's University-New YorkQueens, New York27$24,3891 year out$38,462$27,00011Alabama A & M UniversityNormal, Alabama24$28,9381 year out—$36,25012Columbia College ChicagoChicago, Illinois24$20,9271 year out$46,106$27,00013University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin19—1 year out——14Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon18—1 year out——15Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan17$34,0431 year out$38,947$22,48116Webster UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri17—1 year out$39,574—17New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island17$37,1011 year out$48,576$27,17018Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana15—1 year out——19SAE Institute of Technology-NashvilleNashville, Tennessee14—1 year out——20Olympic CollegeBremerton, Washington12—1 year out——21Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo CampusGurabo, Puerto Rico12—1 year out——22Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California11—1 year out——23American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia11$19,3371 year out$65,827$20,98024SUNY at FredoniaFredonia, New York10—1 year out——25Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah10—1 year out——26Ball State UniversityMuncie, Indiana9—1 year out——27Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland9—1 year out——28Ithaca CollegeIthaca, New York9—1 year out——29Elon UniversityElon, North Carolina9—1 year out——30Minnesota State University MoorheadMoorhead, Minnesota8—1 year out——31Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas8—1 year out——32Academy of Art UniversitySan Francisco, California7—1 year out——33College of the OzarksPoint Lookout, Missouri7—1 year out——34York College of PennsylvaniaYork, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——35Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan4—1 year out——36North Central UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota4—1 year out——37Evangel UniversitySpringfield, Missouri4—1 year out——38Bethel UniversityMcKenzie, Tennessee4—1 year out——39Northwest UniversityKirkland, Washington4—1 year out——40Greenville UniversityGreenville, Illinois3—1 year out——41Adrian CollegeAdrian, Michigan3—1 year out——42Johnson UniversityKnoxville, Tennessee2—1 year out——43Union UniversityJackson, Tennessee2—1 year out——44Long Island UniversityBrookville, New York1—1 year out$50,994—45Malone UniversityCanton, Ohio1—1 year out——46Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnville, Pennsylvania——1 year out$42,783—47Vermont State UniversityRandolph, Vermont——1 year out$54,551—
Associate programs — top 100 of 168 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1SAE Institute of Technology-NashvilleNashville, Tennessee171$20,9641 year out$32,998$20,0002Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida76$27,5971 year out$30,485$31,0003CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew York, New York65$18,9291 year out$32,015$10,2504MediaTech Institute-DallasDallas, Texas63$21,1511 year out—$20,0005Colegio de Cinematografia Artes y TelevisionBayamon, Puerto Rico51$5,6601 year out$21,129—6Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah44$31,1721 year out——7Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin38—1 year out$35,650—8Atlanta Institute of Music and MediaDuluth, Georgia33$17,9671 year out—$18,9189Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier City, Louisiana32—1 year out$29,235$13,11010Musicians InstituteHollywood, California29—1 year out——11Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina28—1 year out——12Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia27—1 year out$55,866—13University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash CollegeBlue Ash, Ohio25$25,6681 year out$42,759$12,00014CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City, New York24$29,2991 year out——15Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York24$30,5751 year out$30,786$11,50016Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina23—1 year out——17Mt San Jacinto Community College DistrictSan Jacinto, California22—1 year out——18Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana22—1 year out$37,138$12,00019American River CollegeSacramento, California20—1 year out——20Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, Pennsylvania20—1 year out——21Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas20—1 year out——22Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem, Pennsylvania19$20,0221 year out——23Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California18—1 year out——24Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota18—1 year out$42,158—25Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio18$27,9361 year out—$13,51126Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas18—1 year out$42,871$26,99227Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi17—1 year out——28Fresno City CollegeFresno, California16—1 year out——29Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina16$28,2871 year out$33,212$20,25130Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio16$16,2941 year out——31New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island16—1 year out$31,993$17,57632Iowa Western Community CollegeCouncil Bluffs, Iowa15$24,4281 year out$42,920$12,00033CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBayside, New York15—1 year out$23,306—34South Plains CollegeLevelland, Texas15—1 year out$34,573—35Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona14—1 year out——36MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California14—1 year out——37Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania14—1 year out——38San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas14—1 year out——39Spokane Falls Community CollegeSpokane, Washington14—1 year out——40Sierra CollegeRocklin, California13—1 year out——41Mount Wachusett Community CollegeGardner, Massachusetts13—1 year out——42CUNY Bronx Community CollegeBronx, New York13—1 year out——43CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, New York13—1 year out——44Finger Lakes Community CollegeCanandaigua, New York13—1 year out——45Randolph Community CollegeAsheboro, North Carolina13—1 year out——46Citrus CollegeGlendora, California12—1 year out——47Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida12—1 year out——48Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California11—1 year out——49Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California11—1 year out——50Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California11—1 year out——51Mercer County Community CollegeWest Windsor, New Jersey11—1 year out——52Northeast State Community CollegeBlountville, Tennessee11—1 year out——53Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas11—1 year out——54Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California10—1 year out——55Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction, Colorado10—1 year out——56Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota10—1 year out——57Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft, New Jersey10—1 year out——58Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, North Carolina10—1 year out——59Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California9—1 year out——60Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California9—1 year out——61Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa9—1 year out——62Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon9—1 year out——63Cosumnes River CollegeSacramento, California8—1 year out——64Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado8—1 year out——65Kansas City Kansas Community CollegeKansas City, Kansas8—1 year out——66Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——67West Virginia University at ParkersburgParkersburg, West Virginia8—1 year out——68Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona7—1 year out——69City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California7—1 year out——70Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California7—1 year out——71Los Medanos CollegePittsburg, California7—1 year out——72Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado7—1 year out——73Northwestern Michigan CollegeTraverse City, Michigan7—1 year out——74SUNY AdirondackQueensbury, New York7—1 year out——75Cayuga County Community CollegeAuburn, New York7—1 year out——76Tompkins Cortland Community CollegeDryden, New York7—1 year out——77Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina7—1 year out——78Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas7—1 year out——79The Recording Conservatory of AustinAustin, Texas7—1 year out——80Central Arizona CollegeCoolidge, Arizona6—1 year out——81Phoenix CollegePhoenix, Arizona6—1 year out——82Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California6—1 year out——83El Camino Community College DistrictTorrance, California6—1 year out——84Foothill CollegeLos Altos Hills, California6—1 year out——85Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California6—1 year out——86Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California6—1 year out——87Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California6—1 year out——88San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, California6—1 year out——89Southwestern CollegeChula Vista, California6—1 year out——90Northern Essex Community CollegeHaverhill, Massachusetts6—1 year out——91Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska6—1 year out$34,163—92Carteret Community CollegeMorehead City, North Carolina6—1 year out——93Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina6—1 year out——94University of Central OklahomaEdmond, Oklahoma6—1 year out——95Mt Hood Community CollegeGresham, Oregon6—1 year out——96Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California5—1 year out——97Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California5—1 year out——98Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, Colorado5—1 year out——99Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois5—1 year out——100Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan5—1 year out——
Certificate programs — top 100 of 190 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1SAE Institute of Technology-NashvilleNashville, Tennessee458$14,4771 year out$28,220$9,5002Conservatory of Recording Arts and SciencesTempe, Arizona415$21,8141 year out$35,676$10,3443Florida Institute of Recording Sound and TechnologyOrlando, Florida189$17,3111 year out$29,914$7,8534Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida140—1 year out——5Tulsa Technology CenterTulsa, Oklahoma98—1 year out——6Liceo de Arte y TecnologiaSan Juan, Puerto Rico95—1 year out——7Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia94—1 year out——8Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida71—1 year out——9Fresno City CollegeFresno, California58—1 year out——10Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier City, Louisiana49—1 year out——11Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California45—1 year out——12Northland Pioneer CollegeHolbrook, Arizona41—1 year out——13Gaston CollegeDallas, North Carolina40—1 year out——14The Omega Studios' School of Applied Arts & SciencesRockville, Maryland39$14,5021 year out$22,981$7,33415Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida37$24,8621 year out—$18,24516Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, Georgia36—1 year out——17Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi36—1 year out——18San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas33—1 year out——19Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas32—1 year out——20Musicians InstituteHollywood, California30—1 year out——21South Plains CollegeLevelland, Texas30—1 year out——22Hollywood Cultural CollegeLos Angeles, California30—1 year out——23Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina29—1 year out——24Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida28—1 year out——25Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia27—1 year out——26Carteret Community CollegeMorehead City, North Carolina27—1 year out——27St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, Florida26—1 year out——28MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California24—1 year out——29Sierra CollegeRocklin, California23—1 year out——30The Recording Conservatory of AustinAustin, Texas23—1 year out——31Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California22—1 year out——32City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California22—1 year out——33Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California21—1 year out——34Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California20—1 year out——35The Evergreen State CollegeOlympia, Washington19—1 year out——36Cypress CollegeCypress, California18—1 year out——37Daytona State CollegeDaytona Beach, Florida18—1 year out——38Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina18—1 year out——39Colegio de Cinematografia Artes y TelevisionBayamon, Puerto Rico18—1 year out$25,041—40Ohio Media School-ColumbusColumbus, Ohio18—1 year out——41Pellissippi State Community CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee17—1 year out——42Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction, Colorado16—1 year out——43Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida16—1 year out——44Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida16—1 year out——45Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania16—1 year out——46Francis Tuttle Technology CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma16—1 year out——47Eastern Oklahoma County Technology CenterChoctaw, Oklahoma16—1 year out——48Citrus CollegeGlendora, California15—1 year out——49Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska15—1 year out$35,903—50Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas15—1 year out——51Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas15—1 year out——52Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin15—1 year out——53Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California14—1 year out——54Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado14—1 year out——55Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah14—1 year out——56Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, California13—1 year out——57Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida13—1 year out——58Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, New York13—1 year out——59Los Angeles City CollegeLos Angeles, California12—1 year out——60Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California12—1 year out——61Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California12—1 year out——62Passaic County Community CollegePaterson, New Jersey12—1 year out——63High Plains Technology CenterWoodward, Oklahoma12—1 year out——64Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California11—1 year out——65Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California11—1 year out——66Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, Colorado11—1 year out——67Florida SouthWestern State CollegeFort Myers, Florida11—1 year out——68William T McFatter Technical CollegeDavie, Florida11—1 year out——69Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana11—1 year out——70Northeast State Community CollegeBlountville, Tennessee11—1 year out——71Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas11—1 year out——72Great Plains Technology CenterLawton, Oklahoma11—1 year out——73Illinois Media School-Chicago CampusChicago, Illinois11—1 year out——74Husson UniversityBangor, Maine11—1 year out——75East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park, California10—1 year out——76Mt San Jacinto Community College DistrictSan Jacinto, California10—1 year out——77Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California10—1 year out——78Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California10—1 year out——79Montgomery CollegeRockville, Maryland10—1 year out——80Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio10—1 year out——81Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona9—1 year out——82Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California9—1 year out——83Santa Fe Community CollegeSanta Fe, New Mexico9—1 year out——84Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford, North Carolina9—1 year out——85Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon9—1 year out——86Mt Hood Community CollegeGresham, Oregon9—1 year out——87Columbia State Community CollegeColumbia, Tennessee9—1 year out——88Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona8—1 year out——89American River CollegeSacramento, California8—1 year out——90Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California8—1 year out——91Moorpark CollegeMoorpark, California8—1 year out——92Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California8—1 year out——93West Valley CollegeSaratoga, California8—1 year out——94Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina8—1 year out——95Remington College-Nashville CampusNashville, Tennessee8—1 year out——96Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California7—1 year out——97De Anza CollegeCupertino, California7—1 year out——98College of the DesertPalm Desert, California7—1 year out——99Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California7—1 year out——100Foothill CollegeLos Altos Hills, California7—1 year out——
US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).