Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians

2,726 students earn a quality control and safety technologies/technicians credential each year across 96 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: $66,418
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $84,219

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Bachelor's programs — 28 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Columbia Southern UniversityOrange Beach, Alabama521$78,5321 year out$91,754$28,415 2Central Washington UniversityEllensburg, Washington21$77,5001 year out$92,822$25,833 3Indiana State UniversityTerre Haute, Indiana13$71,7551 year out——4Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, Kentucky101$71,2401 year out$91,722$34,786 5University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterWhitewater, Wisconsin39$70,0161 year out$79,419$24,384 6Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg, Kansas7$69,7501 year out——7Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania44$68,9961 year out$81,806$26,288 8Marshall UniversityHuntington, West Virginia12$67,9231 year out—$26,750 9University of Central MissouriWarrensburg, Missouri54$67,2631 year out$77,843$27,000 10Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, Pennsylvania176$67,0721 year out$86,067$25,000 11Murray State UniversityMurray, Kentucky48$66,4181 year out$85,864$25,000 12Waldorf UniversityForest City, Iowa103$65,9081 year out—$23,047 13Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania16$63,7061 year out$73,966$25,375 14Keene State CollegeKeene, New Hampshire62$63,4791 year out$81,503$26,000 15Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan22$58,7811 year out$84,815$29,000 16Jacksonville State UniversityJacksonville, Alabama30$57,4661 year out—$23,709 17Southeastern Louisiana UniversityHammond, Louisiana22$55,5141 year out$84,219$23,455 18University of Houston-DowntownHouston, Texas17$51,8401 year out$71,630$37,784 19Southeastern Oklahoma State UniversityDurant, Oklahoma64$51,3561 year out$58,971$23,779 20Northeastern State UniversityTahlequah, Oklahoma24$49,3211 year out$68,684$21,189 21Fairmont State UniversityFairmont, West Virginia16$48,4231 year out$99,003$26,307 22Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-WorldwideDaytona Beach, Florida25—1 year out——23Nicholls State UniversityThibodaux, Louisiana18—1 year out——24Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, Florida12—1 year out——25University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska9—1 year out——26Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, Pennsylvania3—1 year out——27Thiel CollegeGreenville, Pennsylvania2—1 year out——28California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California1—1 year out——

Associate programs — 43 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Columbia Southern UniversityOrange Beach, Alabama307$74,8711 year out$84,183$16,710 2Waldorf UniversityForest City, Iowa23$65,3811 year out—$24,898 3Southeast Community College AreaLincoln, Nebraska6$57,2071 year out$99,896—4Spartan College of Aeronautics and TechnologyTulsa, Oklahoma12$37,9211 year out—$16,631 5Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi, Texas17$34,9911 year out—$5,920 6Texas State Technical CollegeWaco, Texas24$33,2491 year out$34,947$19,000 7Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas26—1 year out——8Odessa CollegeOdessa, Texas21—1 year out$85,697—9San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas19—1 year out——10San Juan CollegeFarmington, New Mexico13—1 year out——11Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo CampusGurabo, Puerto Rico13—1 year out——12Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumont, Texas13—1 year out——13Honolulu Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii10—1 year out——14Brazosport CollegeLake Jackson, Texas10—1 year out——15Carl Albert State CollegePoteau, Oklahoma7—1 year out——16Linn-Benton Community CollegeAlbany, Oregon7—1 year out——17Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin7—1 year out——18Barton County Community CollegeGreat Bend, Kansas6—1 year out——19Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas6—1 year out——20Lakeshore Technical CollegeCleveland, Wisconsin6—1 year out——21Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin6—1 year out——22University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska5—1 year out——23Central Community CollegeGrand Island, Nebraska5—1 year out——24Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio5—1 year out——25Southwestern CollegeChula Vista, California4—1 year out——26Trinidad State CollegeTrinidad, Colorado4—1 year out——27Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina4—1 year out——28Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California3—1 year out——29Cuyamaca CollegeEl Cajon, California3—1 year out——30Taft CollegeTaft, California3—1 year out——31Herkimer County Community CollegeHerkimer, New York3—1 year out——32Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, North Carolina3—1 year out——33Kilgore CollegeKilgore, Texas3—1 year out$41,258—34College of the MainlandTexas City, Texas3—1 year out——35Fairmont State UniversityFairmont, West Virginia3—1 year out——36Grand Rapids Community CollegeGrand Rapids, Michigan2—1 year out——37Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington2—1 year out——38Pierce College DistrictLakewood, Washington2—1 year out——39Ana G. Mendez UniversityOrlando, Florida2—1 year out——40Anoka Technical CollegeAnoka, Minnesota1—1 year out——41Columbia Basin CollegePasco, Washington1—1 year out——42Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin1—1 year out——43Las Positas CollegeLivermore, California1—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 60 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Ferris State UniversityBig Rapids, Michigan54$67,7531 year out$87,388$22,750 2Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshland, Kentucky16$58,3881 year out—$10,500 3Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeOgden, Utah35$55,8751 year out——4Spartan College of Aeronautics and TechnologyTulsa, Oklahoma16$39,2001 year out$39,904$15,200 5Ocean CorporationHouston, Texas67$38,2401 year out$44,431$9,500 6Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia76—1 year out——7Odessa CollegeOdessa, Texas29—1 year out$68,225—8Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumont, Texas29—1 year out——9Columbia Southern UniversityOrange Beach, Alabama29—1 year out$85,911$16,426 10San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena, Texas28—1 year out——11Lee CollegeBaytown, Texas26—1 year out——12Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina19—1 year out——13Central Community CollegeGrand Island, Nebraska15—1 year out——14Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky12—1 year out——15Brazosport CollegeLake Jackson, Texas12—1 year out——16Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio11—1 year out——17Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota8—1 year out——18Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community CollegeAsheville, North Carolina8—1 year out——19Chattanooga State Community CollegeChattanooga, Tennessee8—1 year out——20Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha, Wisconsin8—1 year out——21Missouri Southern State UniversityJoplin, Missouri7—1 year out——22Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell CampusRoswell, New Mexico7—1 year out——23Barton County Community CollegeGreat Bend, Kansas6—1 year out——24Lakeshore Technical CollegeCleveland, Wisconsin6—1 year out——25University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical CollegeNorth Little Rock, Arkansas5—1 year out——26Los Angeles Trade Technical CollegeLos Angeles, California5—1 year out——27Connecticut State Community CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut5—1 year out——28Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin5—1 year out——29Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin5—1 year out——30Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin5—1 year out——31Napa Valley CollegeNapa, California4—1 year out——32Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana4—1 year out——33San Juan CollegeFarmington, New Mexico4—1 year out——34College of the MainlandTexas City, Texas4—1 year out——35Cuyamaca CollegeEl Cajon, California3—1 year out——36Taft CollegeTaft, California3—1 year out——37College of Central FloridaOcala, Florida3—1 year out——38Muskegon Community CollegeMuskegon, Michigan3—1 year out——39Anoka Technical CollegeAnoka, Minnesota3—1 year out——40Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio3—1 year out——41Edmonds CollegeLynnwood, Washington3—1 year out——42De Anza CollegeCupertino, California2—1 year out——43Trinidad State CollegeTrinidad, Colorado2—1 year out——44University of IdahoMoscow, Idaho2—1 year out——45Kilgore CollegeKilgore, Texas2—1 year out——46University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska1—1 year out——47Bakersfield CollegeBakersfield, California1—1 year out——48Palomar CollegeSan Marcos, California1—1 year out——49Southwestern CollegeChula Vista, California1—1 year out——50Honolulu Community CollegeHonolulu, Hawaii1—1 year out——51Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana1—1 year out——52Waldorf UniversityForest City, Iowa1—1 year out——53Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan1—1 year out——54Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina1—1 year out——55Columbus State Community CollegeColumbus, Ohio1—1 year out——56Edison State Community CollegePiqua, Ohio1—1 year out——57Southwest Tennessee Community CollegeMemphis, Tennessee1—1 year out——58Tarrant County College DistrictFort Worth, Texas1—1 year out——59Pierce College DistrictLakewood, Washington1—1 year out——60Las Positas CollegeLivermore, California1—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 (—).