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
1New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island17$37,1011 year out$48,576$27,1702Bowie State UniversityBowie, Maryland97$35,1681 year out$57,453$26,0003Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan17$34,0431 year out$38,947$22,4814Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida508$30,0141 year out$32,451$43,0005Husson UniversityBangor, Maine37$29,7361 year out$34,940$27,0006Alabama A & M UniversityNormal, Alabama24$28,9381 year out—$36,2507Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey126$27,7011 year out$46,101$22,7508SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, New York29$24,6871 year out$37,576$25,4699St. John's University-New YorkQueens, New York27$24,3891 year out$38,462$27,00010Belmont UniversityNashville, Tennessee94$22,6641 year out$40,147$24,13611Columbia College ChicagoChicago, Illinois24$20,9271 year out$46,106$27,00012Savannah College of Art and DesignSavannah, Georgia34$20,6821 year out$38,034$26,00013American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia11$19,3371 year out$65,827$20,98014University of Puerto Rico-AreciboArecibo, Puerto Rico62$6,3161 year out$23,750$5,50015California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California28—1 year out——16University of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonie, Wisconsin19—1 year out——17Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon18—1 year out——18Webster UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri17—1 year out$39,574—19Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana15—1 year out——20SAE Institute of Technology-NashvilleNashville, Tennessee14—1 year out——21Olympic CollegeBremerton, Washington12—1 year out——22Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo CampusGurabo, Puerto Rico12—1 year out——23Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California11—1 year out——24SUNY 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 graduate earnings
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah44$31,1721 year out——2Suffolk County Community CollegeSelden, New York24$30,5751 year out$30,786$11,5003CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City, New York24$29,2991 year out——4Guilford Technical Community CollegeJamestown, North Carolina16$28,2871 year out$33,212$20,2515Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio18$27,9361 year out—$13,5116Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida76$27,5971 year out$30,485$31,0007University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash CollegeBlue Ash, Ohio25$25,6681 year out$42,759$12,0008University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio—$25,6681 year out$42,759$12,0009Iowa Western Community CollegeCouncil Bluffs, Iowa15$24,4281 year out$42,920$12,00010MediaTech Institute-DallasDallas, Texas63$21,1511 year out—$20,00011SAE Institute of Technology-NashvilleNashville, Tennessee171$20,9641 year out$32,998$20,00012Northampton County Area Community CollegeBethlehem, Pennsylvania19$20,0221 year out——13CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community CollegeNew York, New York65$18,9291 year out$32,015$10,25014Atlanta Institute of Music and MediaDuluth, Georgia33$17,9671 year out—$18,91815Cuyahoga Community College DistrictCleveland, Ohio16$16,2941 year out——16Colegio de Cinematografia Artes y TelevisionBayamon, Puerto Rico51$5,6601 year out$21,129—17Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin38—1 year out$35,650—18Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier City, Louisiana32—1 year out$29,235$13,11019Musicians InstituteHollywood, California29—1 year out——20Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina28—1 year out——21Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia27—1 year out$55,866—22Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina23—1 year out——23Mt San Jacinto Community College DistrictSan Jacinto, California22—1 year out——24Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana22—1 year out$37,138$12,00025American River CollegeSacramento, California20—1 year out——26Montgomery County Community CollegeBlue Bell, Pennsylvania20—1 year out——27Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas20—1 year out——28Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California18—1 year out——29Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota18—1 year out$42,158—30Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas18—1 year out$42,871$26,99231Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi17—1 year out——32Fresno City CollegeFresno, California16—1 year out——33New England Institute of TechnologyEast Greenwich, Rhode Island16—1 year out$31,993$17,57634CUNY Queensborough Community CollegeBayside, New York15—1 year out$23,306—35South Plains CollegeLevelland, Texas15—1 year out$34,573—36Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona14—1 year out——37MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California14—1 year out——38Community College of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania14—1 year out——39San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas14—1 year out——40Spokane Falls Community CollegeSpokane, Washington14—1 year out——41Sierra CollegeRocklin, California13—1 year out——42Mount Wachusett Community CollegeGardner, Massachusetts13—1 year out——43CUNY Bronx Community CollegeBronx, New York13—1 year out——44CUNY Kingsborough Community CollegeBrooklyn, New York13—1 year out——45Finger Lakes Community CollegeCanandaigua, New York13—1 year out——46Randolph Community CollegeAsheboro, North Carolina13—1 year out——47Citrus CollegeGlendora, California12—1 year out——48Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida12—1 year out——49Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California11—1 year out——50Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California11—1 year out——51Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California11—1 year out——52Mercer County Community CollegeWest Windsor, New Jersey11—1 year out——53Northeast State Community CollegeBlountville, Tennessee11—1 year out——54Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas11—1 year out——55Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California10—1 year out——56Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction, Colorado10—1 year out——57Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota10—1 year out——58Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft, New Jersey10—1 year out——59Forsyth Technical Community CollegeWinston-Salem, North Carolina10—1 year out——60Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California9—1 year out——61Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California9—1 year out——62Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa9—1 year out——63Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon9—1 year out——64Cosumnes River CollegeSacramento, California8—1 year out——65Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado8—1 year out——66Kansas City Kansas Community CollegeKansas City, Kansas8—1 year out——67Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——68West Virginia University at ParkersburgParkersburg, West Virginia8—1 year out——69Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona7—1 year out——70City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California7—1 year out——71Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California7—1 year out——72Los Medanos CollegePittsburg, California7—1 year out——73Pikes Peak State CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado7—1 year out——74Northwestern Michigan CollegeTraverse City, Michigan7—1 year out——75SUNY AdirondackQueensbury, New York7—1 year out——76Cayuga County Community CollegeAuburn, New York7—1 year out——77Tompkins Cortland Community CollegeDryden, New York7—1 year out——78Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina7—1 year out——79Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas7—1 year out——80The Recording Conservatory of AustinAustin, Texas7—1 year out——81Central Arizona CollegeCoolidge, Arizona6—1 year out——82Phoenix CollegePhoenix, Arizona6—1 year out——83Cerritos CollegeNorwalk, California6—1 year out——84El Camino Community College DistrictTorrance, California6—1 year out——85Foothill CollegeLos Altos Hills, California6—1 year out——86Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California6—1 year out——87Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California6—1 year out——88Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California6—1 year out——89San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, California6—1 year out——90Southwestern CollegeChula Vista, California6—1 year out——91Northern Essex Community CollegeHaverhill, Massachusetts6—1 year out——92Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska6—1 year out$34,163—93Carteret Community CollegeMorehead City, North Carolina6—1 year out——94Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina6—1 year out——95University of Central OklahomaEdmond, Oklahoma6—1 year out——96Mt Hood Community CollegeGresham, Oregon6—1 year out——97Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California5—1 year out——98Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California5—1 year out——99Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, Colorado5—1 year out——100Southwestern Illinois CollegeBelleville, Illinois5—1 year out——
Certificate programs — top 100 of 190 colleges by graduate earnings
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1York Technical CollegeRock Hill, South Carolina2$28,1131 year out——2Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida37$24,8621 year out—$18,2453MediaTech Institute-DallasDallas, Texas6$24,8211 year out$29,161$14,7504Conservatory of Recording Arts and SciencesTempe, Arizona415$21,8141 year out$35,676$10,3445Florida Institute of Recording Sound and TechnologyOrlando, Florida189$17,3111 year out$29,914$7,8536The Omega Studios' School of Applied Arts & SciencesRockville, Maryland39$14,5021 year out$22,981$7,3347SAE Institute of Technology-NashvilleNashville, Tennessee458$14,4771 year out$28,220$9,5008Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida140—1 year out——9Tulsa Technology CenterTulsa, Oklahoma98—1 year out——10Liceo de Arte y TecnologiaSan Juan, Puerto Rico95—1 year out——11Chattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta, Georgia94—1 year out——12Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida71—1 year out——13Fresno City CollegeFresno, California58—1 year out——14Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier City, Louisiana49—1 year out——15Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California45—1 year out——16Northland Pioneer CollegeHolbrook, Arizona41—1 year out——17Gaston CollegeDallas, North Carolina40—1 year out——18Southern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin, Georgia36—1 year out——19Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi36—1 year out——20San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas33—1 year out——21Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas32—1 year out——22Musicians InstituteHollywood, California30—1 year out——23South Plains CollegeLevelland, Texas30—1 year out——24Hollywood Cultural CollegeLos Angeles, California30—1 year out——25Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina29—1 year out——26Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida28—1 year out——27Gwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville, Georgia27—1 year out——28Carteret Community CollegeMorehead City, North Carolina27—1 year out——29St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, Florida26—1 year out——30MiraCosta CollegeOceanside, California24—1 year out——31Sierra CollegeRocklin, California23—1 year out——32The Recording Conservatory of AustinAustin, Texas23—1 year out——33Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California22—1 year out——34City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California22—1 year out——35Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California21—1 year out——36Antelope Valley Community College DistrictLancaster, California20—1 year out——37The Evergreen State CollegeOlympia, Washington19—1 year out——38Cypress CollegeCypress, California18—1 year out——39Daytona State CollegeDaytona Beach, Florida18—1 year out——40Catawba Valley Community CollegeHickory, North Carolina18—1 year out——41Colegio de Cinematografia Artes y TelevisionBayamon, Puerto Rico18—1 year out$25,041—42Ohio Media School-ColumbusColumbus, Ohio18—1 year out——43Pellissippi State Community CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee17—1 year out——44Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand Junction, Colorado16—1 year out——45Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida16—1 year out——46Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida16—1 year out——47Harrisburg Area Community CollegeHarrisburg, Pennsylvania16—1 year out——48Francis Tuttle Technology CenterOklahoma City, Oklahoma16—1 year out——49Eastern Oklahoma County Technology CenterChoctaw, Oklahoma16—1 year out——50Citrus CollegeGlendora, California15—1 year out——51Northeast Community CollegeNorfolk, Nebraska15—1 year out$35,903—52Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas15—1 year out——53Dallas CollegeDallas, Texas15—1 year out——54Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin15—1 year out——55Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California14—1 year out——56Front Range Community CollegeWestminster, Colorado14—1 year out——57Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah14—1 year out——58Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, California13—1 year out——59Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida13—1 year out——60Nassau Community CollegeGarden City, New York13—1 year out——61Los Angeles City CollegeLos Angeles, California12—1 year out——62Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California12—1 year out——63Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California12—1 year out——64Passaic County Community CollegePaterson, New Jersey12—1 year out——65High Plains Technology CenterWoodward, Oklahoma12—1 year out——66Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California11—1 year out——67Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California11—1 year out——68Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, Colorado11—1 year out——69Florida SouthWestern State CollegeFort Myers, Florida11—1 year out——70William T McFatter Technical CollegeDavie, Florida11—1 year out——71Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana11—1 year out——72Northeast State Community CollegeBlountville, Tennessee11—1 year out——73Amarillo CollegeAmarillo, Texas11—1 year out——74Great Plains Technology CenterLawton, Oklahoma11—1 year out——75Illinois Media School-Chicago CampusChicago, Illinois11—1 year out——76Husson UniversityBangor, Maine11—1 year out——77East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park, California10—1 year out——78Mt San Jacinto Community College DistrictSan Jacinto, California10—1 year out——79Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California10—1 year out——80Santa Monica CollegeSanta Monica, California10—1 year out——81Montgomery CollegeRockville, Maryland10—1 year out——82Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio10—1 year out——83Glendale Community CollegeGlendale, Arizona9—1 year out——84Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California9—1 year out——85Santa Fe Community CollegeSanta Fe, New Mexico9—1 year out——86Central Carolina Community CollegeSanford, North Carolina9—1 year out——87Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon9—1 year out——88Mt Hood Community CollegeGresham, Oregon9—1 year out——89Columbia State Community CollegeColumbia, Tennessee9—1 year out——90Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona8—1 year out——91American River CollegeSacramento, California8—1 year out——92Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California8—1 year out——93Moorpark CollegeMoorpark, California8—1 year out——94Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California8—1 year out——95West Valley CollegeSaratoga, California8—1 year out——96Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina8—1 year out——97Remington College-Nashville CampusNashville, Tennessee8—1 year out——98Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California7—1 year out——99De Anza CollegeCupertino, California7—1 year out——100College of the DesertPalm Desert, 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 (—).