Physical Science Technologies/Technicians
2,652 students earn a physical science technologies/technicians credential each year across 65 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
- $52,336
- Typical earnings, 5 years out
- $87,629
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Associate programs — 49 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas79$94,9861 year out$122,708$9,5982Kilgore CollegeKilgore, Texas44$68,3351 year out$59,154$17,2083Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshland, Kentucky11$61,5391 year out$64,518$10,8674Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas39$60,6121 year out$63,218$21,7405San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas193$59,4961 year out$87,629$10,0006Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi, Texas83$56,9481 year out$110,976$7,0007Alvin Community CollegeAlvin, Texas30$54,5431 year out$119,471$7,8398Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas46$53,9761 year out——9Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah56$51,3841 year out—$22,44210Lamar State College-OrangeOrange, Texas33$49,9321 year out$103,271$12,00011College of the MainlandTexas City, Texas72$49,6941 year out$133,394$10,50012Wharton County Junior CollegeWharton, Texas36$45,2771 year out$122,746$16,62513Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas16$42,7691 year out—$11,95914Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumont, Texas96$42,5391 year out$110,839$15,50015Brazosport CollegeLake Jackson, Texas89—1 year out$148,522—16Lamar State College-Port ArthurPort Arthur, Texas36—1 year out$52,336—17Purdue University Fort WayneFort Wayne, Indiana25—1 year out——18Seminole State College of FloridaSanford, Florida23—1 year out—$10,87519Victoria CollegeVictoria, Texas22—1 year out$62,071—20CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York17—1 year out——21Florida SouthWestern State CollegeFort Myers, Florida14—1 year out——22Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida8—1 year out$44,840—23SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, Louisiana8—1 year out——24BridgeValley Community & Technical CollegeSouth Charleston, West Virginia8—1 year out——25Delta CollegeUniversity Center, Michigan7—1 year out$60,710—26Northern Essex Community CollegeHaverhill, Massachusetts6—1 year out——27Community College of Rhode IslandWarwick, Rhode Island6—1 year out——28Bellingham Technical CollegeBellingham, Washington6—1 year out——29Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky5—1 year out——30Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan5—1 year out——31Lehigh Carbon Community CollegeSchnecksville, Pennsylvania5—1 year out——32University of Puerto Rico-HumacaoHumacao, Puerto Rico5—1 year out——33Kalamazoo Valley Community CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan4—1 year out——34Bucks County Community CollegeNewtown, Pennsylvania4—1 year out——35Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de ManatiManati, Puerto Rico4—1 year out——36South Arkansas CollegeEl Dorado, Arkansas2—1 year out——37Mt San Antonio CollegeWalnut, California2—1 year out——38Delaware Technical Community College-TerryDover, Delaware2—1 year out——39Valencia CollegeOrlando, Florida2—1 year out——40Northern New Mexico CollegeEspanola, New Mexico2—1 year out——41SUNY Corning Community CollegeCorning, New York2—1 year out——42Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, North Carolina2—1 year out——43Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnati, Ohio2—1 year out——44Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin2—1 year out——45East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park, California1—1 year out——46Berkeley City CollegeBerkeley, California1—1 year out——47Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta, Georgia1—1 year out——48City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman CollegeChicago, Illinois1—1 year out——49Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana1—1 year out——
Certificate programs — 40 colleges
CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt
1Alvin Community CollegeAlvin, Texas49$52,3361 year out—$7,7622Florida State College at JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida103$47,8201 year out—$15,7503Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical TrainingMarietta, Ohio—$33,3591 year out$57,703—4Eastern Florida State CollegeMelbourne, Florida280—1 year out——5Brazosport CollegeLake Jackson, Texas268—1 year out——6San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas192—1 year out$78,928—7Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas102—1 year out——8Lake-Sumter State CollegeLeesburg, Florida83—1 year out——9Victoria CollegeVictoria, Texas50—1 year out——10Lamar State College-OrangeOrange, Texas47—1 year out——11Lamar State College-Port ArthurPort Arthur, Texas41—1 year out——12Sacramento City CollegeSacramento, California35—1 year out——13Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands, Texas34—1 year out——14Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshland, Kentucky31—1 year out——15SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLake Charles, Louisiana25—1 year out——16College of Central FloridaOcala, Florida23—1 year out——17Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi, Texas19—1 year out——18Kansas City Kansas Community CollegeKansas City, Kansas18—1 year out——19State College of Florida-Manatee-SarasotaBradenton, Florida16—1 year out——20Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanooga, Tennessee12—1 year out——21Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysville, Kentucky8—1 year out——22Houston City CollegeHouston, Texas8—1 year out——23Northeast State Community CollegeBlountville, Tennessee6—1 year out——24Bellingham Technical CollegeBellingham, Washington6—1 year out——25Florida SouthWestern State CollegeFort Myers, Florida5—1 year out——26Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky5—1 year out——27University of South AlabamaMobile, Alabama4—1 year out——28Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumont, Texas3—1 year out——29Berkeley City CollegeBerkeley, California2—1 year out——30Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana2—1 year out——31Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan2—1 year out——32South Arkansas CollegeEl Dorado, Arkansas1—1 year out——33Fresno City CollegeFresno, California1—1 year out——34Broward CollegeFort Lauderdale, Florida1—1 year out——35Missouri Southern State UniversityJoplin, Missouri1—1 year out——36Cape Fear Community CollegeWilmington, North Carolina1—1 year out——37Lakeland Community CollegeKirtland, Ohio1—1 year out——38Community College of Rhode IslandWarwick, Rhode Island1—1 year out——39Walla Walla Community CollegeWalla Walla, Washington1—1 year out——40BridgeValley Community & Technical CollegeSouth Charleston, West Virginia1—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 (—).