Education, General
9,986 students earn a education, general credential each year across 438 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
- $39,035
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $47,475
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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 301 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas308—1 year out——2University of North TexasDenton, Texas288—1 year out——3University of California-IrvineIrvine, California272$26,1061 year out$58,011$15,5754The University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas269—1 year out——5Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas263—1 year out——6The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas259—1 year out——7Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan224$44,0711 year out$48,711$29,3648Texas Woman's UniversityDenton, Texas175—1 year out——9Niagara UniversityNiagara University, New York170—1 year out——10Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan156$44,7051 year out$52,112$27,00011Central State UniversityWilberforce, Ohio147—1 year out——12Western Oregon UniversityMonmouth, Oregon144$43,8791 year out—$20,50013The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas136$57,4101 year out—$13,25014University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin127$43,8671 year out$47,785$30,99015University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington122$44,2011 year out—$15,72916University of Houston-DowntownHouston, Texas115—1 year out——17The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler, Arizona112$34,7041 year out$42,240$44,59618University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen Bay, Wisconsin100$42,7681 year out$45,121$23,25019University of OregonEugene, Oregon88$23,1051 year out$54,130$20,09620East Texas A&M UniversityCommerce, Texas83—1 year out——21University of La VerneLa Verne, California80—1 year out——22Kent State University at KentKent, Ohio74$37,3701 year out$44,468$30,78223Empire State UniversitySaratoga Springs, New York68$39,0461 year out$53,283$21,42224University of Washington-Bothell CampusBothell, Washington68$44,2011 year out—$15,72925The University of Texas Permian BasinOdessa, Texas67—1 year out——26University of FloridaGainesville, Florida62—1 year out——27Chapman UniversityOrange, California56$37,9281 year out$65,859$21,74628Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon56—1 year out$56,237—29Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa55—1 year out——30University of Florida-OnlineGainesville, Florida54—1 year out——31University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts53—1 year out$65,277—32Monmouth UniversityWest Long Branch, New Jersey53$55,5791 year out$60,732$27,00033University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California52—1 year out——34Texas A&M University-KingsvilleKingsville, Texas49—1 year out——35University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado45$42,3201 year out—$27,93636Midland UniversityFremont, Nebraska45$42,3941 year out$48,420$27,00037Southern Oregon UniversityAshland, Oregon45—1 year out——38Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers, Florida45$38,3921 year out$38,358$20,75539Wilmington UniversityNew Castle, Delaware42$33,8901 year out$41,806$26,68940University of Hawaii-West OahuKapolei, Hawaii42$52,0791 year out$57,924$24,33341Winthrop UniversityRock Hill, South Carolina41—1 year out——42Fairmont State UniversityFairmont, West Virginia39$40,9311 year out$46,061$22,76043Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas37—1 year out——44Texas A&M University-VictoriaVictoria, Texas37—1 year out——45Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilanti, Michigan35—1 year out——46University of Missouri-St LouisSaint Louis, Missouri35$30,0961 year out$33,199$33,44947Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida34$38,9281 year out$49,119$18,47448University of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, Hawaii33$60,2881 year out——49Northern Marianas CollegeSaipan, Northern Mariana Islands33—1 year out——50Texas A&M University-Central TexasKilleen, Texas32—1 year out——51Wilmington CollegeWilmington, Ohio30$37,0151 year out$43,693$27,00052University of Arkansas at MonticelloMonticello, Arkansas29—1 year out——53Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho29—1 year out——54Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts28$33,7371 year out$53,517$19,00055Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire26—1 year out$47,290$25,44956North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina26—1 year out——57Salem State UniversitySalem, Massachusetts25$33,0651 year out$46,529$27,00058Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island25$33,8661 year out$79,577—59Midwestern State UniversityWichita Falls, Texas24—1 year out——60Hope International UniversityFullerton, California23—1 year out—$24,82361New York UniversityNew York, New York23—1 year out—$21,37562Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio23—1 year out——63University of GuamMangilao, Guam23—1 year out——64Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine22—1 year out——65Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri22$36,2441 year out$42,866$27,00066Pacific UniversityForest Grove, Oregon22$34,0671 year out$50,071$27,00067Webster UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri21$34,5461 year out$42,072$27,10068Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York21—1 year out—$23,25069Southwestern UniversityGeorgetown, Texas21$50,9841 year out——70Stonehill CollegeEaston, Massachusetts20—1 year out—$26,00071University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri20—1 year out——72Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York20—1 year out——73Denison UniversityGranville, Ohio20—1 year out$47,475—74Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania20—1 year out——75Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York19—1 year out——76University of North Texas at DallasDallas, Texas19—1 year out——77Illinois CollegeJacksonville, Illinois18—1 year out——78Principia CollegeElsah, Illinois18—1 year out——79Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts18—1 year out——80Guilford CollegeGreensboro, North Carolina18—1 year out——81John Carroll UniversityUniversity Heights, Ohio18$37,9781 year out$49,221$27,00082Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana18—1 year out——83Colorado Mountain CollegeGlenwood Springs, Colorado17—1 year out——84Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine17—1 year out——85Franklin Pierce UniversityRindge, New Hampshire17—1 year out—$27,00086Tusculum UniversityGreeneville, Tennessee17$36,5401 year out—$25,83287Glenville State UniversityGlenville, West Virginia17—1 year out——88College of Micronesia-FSMPohnpei, Micronesia17—1 year out——89Bay Path UniversityLongmeadow, Massachusetts16—1 year out$49,257—90Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts16—1 year out——91Harris-Stowe State UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri16$28,5001 year out$38,610$35,47892Beloit CollegeBeloit, Wisconsin16$33,4931 year out$43,478$24,45693Trinity Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia15—1 year out——94Gustavus Adolphus CollegeSaint Peter, Minnesota15—1 year out——95Southwest Minnesota State UniversityMarshall, Minnesota15—1 year out——96Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee15—1 year out——97University of Houston-Clear LakeHouston, Texas15—1 year out$58,497—98Vanguard University of Southern CaliforniaCosta Mesa, California14—1 year out$60,138—99Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri14—1 year out——100Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania14—1 year out——
Associate programs — top 100 of 131 colleges by graduates
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana159$26,8481 year out$37,266$10,8742Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston, Mississippi116—1 year out——3CUNY LaGuardia Community CollegeLong Island City, New York109—1 year out——4University of the District of ColumbiaWashington, District of Columbia91—1 year out$39,549$11,2005Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft, New Jersey83$19,1571 year out$44,616$8,7506Highland Community CollegeHighland, Kansas65—1 year out$42,440—7Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester CampusSewell, New Jersey57—1 year out$39,382$10,9878Nashville State Community CollegeNashville, Tennessee55—1 year out——9Middlesex CollegeEdison, New Jersey54$16,8461 year out—$7,00010Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia51—1 year out——11College of Micronesia-FSMPohnpei, Micronesia43—1 year out——12Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina42—1 year out——13Stark State CollegeNorth Canton, Ohio36—1 year out—$15,95714The University of Montana-WesternDillon, Montana35—1 year out——15Empire State UniversitySaratoga Springs, New York33—1 year out——16Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthens, Texas33$22,5191 year out$40,142—17Roane State Community CollegeHarriman, Tennessee32—1 year out$37,830—18Volunteer State Community CollegeGallatin, Tennessee31—1 year out——19Pellissippi State Community CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee28—1 year out$38,746—20Potomac State College of West Virginia UniversityKeyser, West Virginia26—1 year out$25,062$11,05021Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut24—1 year out——22New Mexico State University-Dona AnaLas Cruces, New Mexico23—1 year out——23Motlow State Community CollegeTullahoma, Tennessee23—1 year out$38,655—24Baton Rouge Community CollegeBaton Rouge, Louisiana21—1 year out——25Campbell UniversityBuies Creek, North Carolina20—1 year out$51,373$18,75026Klamath Community CollegeKlamath Falls, Oregon20—1 year out——27Community College of Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland20—1 year out$44,708$16,80428Cumberland UniversityLebanon, Tennessee19—1 year out——29Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California18—1 year out——30Columbia State Community CollegeColumbia, Tennessee18—1 year out——31North Idaho CollegeCoeur d'Alene, Idaho17—1 year out——32Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, Pennsylvania17—1 year out—$11,00033Allegany College of MarylandCumberland, Maryland16—1 year out——34North Central State CollegeMansfield, Ohio15—1 year out——35Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanooga, Tennessee15—1 year out——36Northeast State Community CollegeBlountville, Tennessee15—1 year out——37Barton County Community CollegeGreat Bend, Kansas14—1 year out——38Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans, Louisiana14—1 year out$41,490—39Southern Maine Community CollegeSouth Portland, Maine14$28,0611 year out—$12,98740Hagerstown Community CollegeHagerstown, Maryland14—1 year out——41San Juan CollegeFarmington, New Mexico14—1 year out——42Butler County Community CollegeButler, Pennsylvania14—1 year out——43Central Maine Community CollegeAuburn, Maine13—1 year out——44Eastern Maine Community CollegeBangor, Maine13—1 year out——45Central Arizona CollegeCoolidge, Arizona12—1 year out——46Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, Massachusetts12—1 year out——47Connors State CollegeWarner, Oklahoma12$26,9061 year out$34,985$10,35248Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma12—1 year out$41,189—49Snow CollegeEphraim, Utah11—1 year out——50Piedmont Virginia Community CollegeCharlottesville, Virginia11—1 year out——51Mohave Community CollegeKingman, Arizona10—1 year out——52Howard Community CollegeColumbia, Maryland10—1 year out——53North Hennepin Community CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota10—1 year out——54Great Bay Community CollegePortsmouth, New Hampshire10—1 year out——55Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell CampusRoswell, New Mexico10—1 year out——56York County Community CollegeWells, Maine10—1 year out——57White Mountains Community CollegeBerlin, New Hampshire9—1 year out——58Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland CampusVineland, New Jersey9—1 year out$39,382$10,98759Washington State College of OhioMarietta, Ohio9—1 year out——60Walters State Community CollegeMorristown, Tennessee9$12,2801 year out$37,893—61Blue Ridge Community and Technical CollegeMartinsburg, West Virginia9—1 year out——62Pennsylvania Highlands Community CollegeJohnstown, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——63River Parishes Community CollegeGonzales, Louisiana8—1 year out——64Marian University-AncillaPlymouth, Indiana8—1 year out——65University of New Mexico-Gallup CampusGallup, New Mexico7—1 year out——66University of New Mexico-Valencia County CampusLos Lunas, New Mexico7—1 year out——67Santa Fe Community CollegeSanta Fe, New Mexico7—1 year out——68Zane State CollegeZanesville, Ohio7—1 year out——69Luzerne County Community CollegeNanticoke, Pennsylvania7—1 year out——70Reading Area Community CollegeReading, Pennsylvania7—1 year out——71Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah7—1 year out——72Guam Community CollegeMangilao, Guam7—1 year out——73Tohono O'odham Community CollegeSells, Arizona7—1 year out——74Washington County Community CollegeCalais, Maine6—1 year out——75Garrett CollegeMcHenry, Maryland6—1 year out——76Salem Community CollegeCarneys Point, New Jersey6—1 year out——77New Mexico State University-AlamogordoAlamogordo, New Mexico6—1 year out——78Carroll Community CollegeWestminster, Maryland6—1 year out——79Century CollegeWhite Bear Lake, Minnesota5—1 year out$34,841—80Miles Community CollegeMiles City, Montana5—1 year out——81Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California4—1 year out——82Harford Community CollegeBel Air, Maryland4—1 year out——83Minnesota North CollegeHibbing, Minnesota4—1 year out——84Manchester Community CollegeManchester, New Hampshire4—1 year out——85New Mexico State University-GrantsGrants, New Mexico4—1 year out——86Southeastern UniversityLakeland, Florida3—1 year out——87Andrew CollegeCuthbert, Georgia3—1 year out——88Nunez Community CollegeChalmette, Louisiana3—1 year out——89Cape Cod Community CollegeWest Barnstable, Massachusetts3—1 year out——90Lake Michigan CollegeBenton Harbor, Michigan3—1 year out——91Inver Hills Community CollegeInver Grove Heights, Minnesota3—1 year out$35,070—92Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMinneapolis, Minnesota3—1 year out——93Seminole State CollegeSeminole, Oklahoma3—1 year out——94Portland Community CollegePortland, Oregon3—1 year out——95Jackson State Community CollegeJackson, Tennessee3—1 year out——96Weatherford CollegeWeatherford, Texas3—1 year out——97Florida National University-Main CampusHialeah, Florida3—1 year out——98Drury University-College of Continuing Professional StudiesSpringfield, Missouri3—1 year out——99Bossier Parish Community CollegeBossier City, Louisiana2—1 year out——100Baltimore City Community CollegeBaltimore, Maryland2—1 year out——
Certificate programs — 28 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Teachers College of San JoaquinStockton, California619—1 year out——2Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana99$49,7611 year out—$20,5003University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin76—1 year out——4Passaic County Community CollegePaterson, New Jersey64—1 year out$22,760—5City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman CollegeChicago, Illinois47—1 year out——6Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California43—1 year out——7Klamath Community CollegeKlamath Falls, Oregon40—1 year out——8Schoolcraft Community College DistrictLivonia, Michigan30—1 year out——9Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, Missouri18—1 year out——10University of Nevada-Las VegasLas Vegas, Nevada16—1 year out——11Central Arizona CollegeCoolidge, Arizona11—1 year out——12Eastern Maine Community CollegeBangor, Maine9—1 year out——13Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida6—1 year out——14Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlesterMcAlester, Oklahoma6—1 year out——15Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah5—1 year out——16White Mountains Community CollegeBerlin, New Hampshire3—1 year out——17Mesalands Community CollegeTucumcari, New Mexico3—1 year out——18Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon3—1 year out——19Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana2—1 year out——20Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts2—1 year out——21Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland CampusVineland, New Jersey2—1 year out——22University of Wisconsin-Green BayGreen Bay, Wisconsin2—1 year out——23Woodland Community CollegeWoodland, California2—1 year out——24Lane Community CollegeEugene, Oregon1—1 year out——25The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas1—1 year out——26Guam Community CollegeMangilao, Guam1—1 year out——27Butler County Community CollegeButler, Pennsylvania——1 year out$32,383—28Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah——1 year out—$8,000
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 (—).