Education, Other

2,182 students earn a education, other credential each year across 103 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: $32,812
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $49,435

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Bachelor's programs — 74 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota206$46,5601 year out$70,349$19,625 2Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona160$37,5351 year out$44,015$25,367 3Albany State UniversityAlbany, Georgia121$28,0341 year out$33,826$31,000 4California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California113$31,2501 year out—$12,200 5Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio98$30,4831 year out$43,137$27,000 6Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, California89$31,0951 year out$53,496$17,305 7University at AlbanyAlbany, New York81—1 year out——8St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, Florida80$35,4911 year out$44,696$30,870 9California State University-Channel IslandsCamarillo, California64$34,6461 year out$40,726$14,000 10University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluth, Minnesota60$45,6781 year out$48,016$25,978 11Jackson State UniversityJackson, Mississippi55$27,7291 year out—$42,699 12Athens State UniversityAthens, Alabama45$31,7061 year out—$26,250 13Lindenwood UniversitySaint Charles, Missouri44$32,8121 year out—$29,530 14Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia36—1 year out$39,866—15Roberts Wesleyan UniversityRochester, New York25$35,7121 year out—$32,002 16Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended StudiesFayette, Missouri24—1 year out——17Saint Leo UniversitySaint Leo, Florida23—1 year out——18Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan20—1 year out——19University of DaytonDayton, Ohio19—1 year out——20Eastern Oregon UniversityLa Grande, Oregon18$44,5581 year out$49,435$25,732 21Clark UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts16—1 year out——22Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts16—1 year out$63,341$19,000 23Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington16—1 year out$53,624—24Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona15$37,5351 year out$44,015$25,367 25University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona15—1 year out——26Westminster CollegeNew Wilmington, Pennsylvania15$42,0471 year out$53,252$27,000 27University of Puerto Rico-Rio PiedrasSan Juan, Puerto Rico14—1 year out——28Pacific UniversityForest Grove, Oregon13—1 year out——29Carroll UniversityWaukesha, Wisconsin13—1 year out$35,651—30Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania12—1 year out$63,282—31Edgewood UniversityMadison, Wisconsin11—1 year out$44,503—32Saint Mary's University of MinnesotaWinona, Minnesota10—1 year out——33University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterWhitewater, Wisconsin10—1 year out——34Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and SciencesFayette, Missouri8—1 year out——35University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri7$32,1101 year out—$24,250 36Keystone CollegeLa Plume, Pennsylvania7—1 year out——37Thomas More UniversityCrestview Hills, Kentucky6—1 year out——38Fort Lewis CollegeDurango, Colorado5—1 year out——39Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana5—1 year out——40Martin Luther CollegeNew Ulm, Minnesota5—1 year out——41Montreat CollegeMontreat, North Carolina5—1 year out——42Mount Vernon Nazarene UniversityMount Vernon, Ohio5—1 year out——43Shawnee State UniversityPortsmouth, Ohio5—1 year out——44University of Puerto Rico-HumacaoHumacao, Puerto Rico5$7,3871 year out——45Campbell UniversityBuies Creek, North Carolina4—1 year out—$26,000 46Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——47University of Northern IowaCedar Falls, Iowa3—1 year out——48La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——49Regent UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia3—1 year out——50Butler UniversityIndianapolis, Indiana2—1 year out——51Doane UniversityCrete, Nebraska2—1 year out——52Elmira CollegeElmira, New York2—1 year out——53Wittenberg UniversitySpringfield, Ohio2—1 year out——54Mercyhurst UniversityErie, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——55West Virginia Wesleyan CollegeBuckhannon, West Virginia2—1 year out——56University of South AlabamaMobile, Alabama1—1 year out——57Nazarene Bible CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado1—1 year out——58Quincy UniversityQuincy, Illinois1—1 year out——59Hanover CollegeHanover, Indiana1—1 year out——60Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts1—1 year out——61Shaw UniversityRaleigh, North Carolina1—1 year out——62Franklin UniversityColumbus, Ohio1—1 year out——63Walsh UniversityNorth Canton, Ohio1—1 year out——64Augustana UniversitySioux Falls, South Dakota1—1 year out——65Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee1—1 year out——66Marian UniversityFond Du Lac, Wisconsin1—1 year out——67Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland0$52,7911 year out$58,310$13,945 68Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts0—1 year out—$27,000 69Endicott CollegeBeverly, Massachusetts—$26,4891 year out$57,836$27,000 70University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada——1 year out$51,617—71Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania——1 year out$52,140—72Bob Jones UniversityGreenville, South Carolina0$29,2781 year out—$19,268 73Lee UniversityCleveland, Tennessee—$26,6761 year out$34,307$28,375 74University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington——1 year out$57,184—

Associate programs — 3 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Northwest State Community CollegeArchbold, Ohio8—1 year out——2Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse HospitalEast Syracuse, New York—$68,1471 year out$77,760$26,812 3Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia——1 year out$18,491$26,266

Certificate programs — 30 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida81—1 year out——2Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida54—1 year out——3Hillsborough CollegeTampa, Florida49—1 year out——4Foothill CollegeLos Altos Hills, California34—1 year out——5Bay Mills Community CollegeBrimley, Michigan32—1 year out——6Polk State CollegeWinter Haven, Florida31—1 year out——7Saint Johns River State CollegePalatka, Florida28—1 year out——8Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland27—1 year out——9Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania25—1 year out——10Kansas State UniversityManhattan, Kansas21—1 year out——11Florida Gateway CollegeLake City, Florida18—1 year out——12State College of Florida-Manatee-SarasotaBradenton, Florida16—1 year out——13Rio Hondo CollegeWhittier, California13—1 year out——14Berkeley City CollegeBerkeley, California13—1 year out——15Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida13—1 year out——16Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida9—1 year out——17Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville, Tennessee9—1 year out——18Indian River State CollegeFort Pierce, Florida7—1 year out——19Pasco-Hernando State CollegeNew Port Richey, Florida7—1 year out——20Santa Fe CollegeGainesville, Florida5—1 year out——21Rio Salado CollegeTempe, Arizona4—1 year out——22Daytona State CollegeDaytona Beach, Florida3—1 year out——23Bowling Green State University-Main CampusBowling Green, Ohio3—1 year out——24Athens State UniversityAthens, Alabama2—1 year out——25Ohlone CollegeFremont, California2—1 year out——26Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida2—1 year out——27St Petersburg CollegeSt. Petersburg, Florida2—1 year out——28Plymouth State UniversityPlymouth, New Hampshire2—1 year out——29Lake Tahoe Community CollegeSouth Lake Tahoe, California1—1 year out——30Palm Beach State CollegeLake Worth, Florida1—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 (—).