Certificate Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings

Certificate Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings, ranked by median first-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 67 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana$79,92150%1364$15k$72k83%44,50385 mi 2Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$74,30861%1337$33k$63k86%42,284124 mi 3Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$74,30891%1248$20k$63k34%7,877124 mi 4Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, Pennsylvania$74,30899%1174$24k$63k32%1,87247 mi 5Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan$51,663——$660$35k17%8,6437 mi 6University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin$40,71791%1090$15k$55k49%16,758< 1 mi 7Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, Massachusetts$38,780——$8k$48k13%8,6121 mi 8City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X CollegeChicago, Illinois$36,908——$7k$32k18%6,4093 mi 9Edison State Community CollegePiqua, Ohio$36,016——$7k$41k38%1,302108 mi 10East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park, California$33,628——$11k$42k37%27,75318 mi 11Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana$33,23678%1313$16k$64k80%37,806174 mi 12San Diego Mesa CollegeSan Diego, California$33,015——$6k$45k35%16,0985 mi 13San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, California$32,438——$8k$39k30%10,4411 mi 14Luna Community CollegeLas Vegas, New Mexico$32,091——$5k$32k28%423545 mi 15NorthWest Arkansas Community CollegeBentonville, Arkansas$31,922——$7k$44k31%4,953441 mi 16Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana$31,882——$11k$41k39%3,657204 mi 17San Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego, California$31,804——$3k$48k48%11,2718 mi 18Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia$31,688——$12k$38k32%12,082< 1 mi 19College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho$31,439——$9k—31%6,459371 mi 20Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon$31,280——$8k$43k23%4,96365 mi 21Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, Virginia$31,228——$7k$38k34%3,9413 mi 22Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California$31,050——$2k$45k48%10,57915 mi 23Los Medanos CollegePittsburg, California$29,879——$7k$42k41%7,3202 mi 24Chesapeake CollegeWye Mills, Maryland$29,611——$5k$36k35%1,3204 mi 25Northeast Iowa Community CollegeCalmar, Iowa$29,491——$11k$41k51%1,697199 mi 26Piedmont Virginia Community CollegeCharlottesville, Virginia$28,910——$6k$41k39%3,04566 mi 27College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California$28,886——$4k$49k45%15,83225 mi 28Three Rivers CollegePoplar Bluff, Missouri$28,854——$8k$32k33%1,844373 mi 29Yavapai CollegePrescott, Arizona$28,830——$9k$40k34%3,988218 mi 30Gavilan CollegeGilroy, California$28,543——$7k$47k42%4,78616 mi 31University of Arkansas-East Arkansas Community CollegeForrest City, Arkansas$27,952——$7k$28k51%554323 mi 32Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California$27,782——$3k$44k31%22,48510 mi 33Merced CollegeMerced, California$27,413——$5k$38k36%10,00170 mi 34City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, Illinois$27,284——$9k$28k31%1,7773 mi 35Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California$27,154——$16k$44k38%8,0021 mi 36National Park CollegeHot Springs, Arkansas$26,893——$13k$32k35%1,789315 mi 37Germanna Community CollegeLocust Grove, Virginia$26,037——$6k$40k46%5,50823 mi 38Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California$25,984——$3k$42k30%15,10934 mi 39New River Community CollegeDublin, Virginia$25,798——$6k$40k50%1,965189 mi 40Coconino Community CollegeFlagstaff, Arizona$25,751——$14k$40k24%2,426277 mi 41Cochise County Community College DistrictSierra Vista, Arizona$25,716——$8k$38k30%3,096168 mi 42Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia$25,451——$5k$41k38%5,7927 mi 43Southside Virginia Community CollegeAlberta, Virginia$25,214——$5k$32k42%1,80748 mi 44Lemoore CollegeLemoore, California$25,061——$11k$40k49%3,37384 mi 45Paris Junior CollegeParis, Texas$24,922——$8k$37k38%2,204271 mi 46Southeast Arkansas CollegePine Bluff, Arkansas$24,880——$19k$34k28%851284 mi 47J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeRichmond, Virginia$24,780——$5k$40k32%5,58623 mi 48Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia$24,353——$10k$54k33%33,04810 mi 49York Technical CollegeRock Hill, South Carolina$24,084——$6k$37k30%3,816146 mi 50Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey, Illinois$23,662——$3k$38k44%2,487237 mi 51Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California$23,532——$6k$43k36%18,13241 mi 52Rappahannock Community CollegeGlenns, Virginia$23,512——$4k$36k45%1,3676 mi 53Coalinga CollegeCoalinga, California$23,409——$10k$38k43%2,52257 mi 54Blue Ridge Community CollegeWeyers Cave, Virginia$23,329——$14k$43k40%2,73086 mi 55Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California$22,823——$8k$51k49%15,3585 mi 56Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, Virginia$22,692——$5k$39k40%3,898148 mi 57Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana$22,188——$7k$37k41%58,267138 mi 58Patrick & Henry Community CollegeMartinsville, Virginia$22,039——$4k$33k42%1,350149 mi 59Victor Valley CollegeVictorville, California$21,383——$2k$36k62%4,21070 mi 60Wytheville Community CollegeWytheville, Virginia$21,085——$5k$34k47%1,255210 mi 61Shasta CollegeRedding, California$20,031——$3k$39k23%6,12894 mi 62Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California$19,673——$4k$51k48%17,6846 mi 63Hartnell CollegeSalinas, California$19,671——$2k$44k40%9,4536 mi 64Central Virginia Community CollegeLynchburg, Virginia$18,625——$7k$37k45%2,249105 mi 65Mountain Empire Community CollegeBig Stone Gap, Virginia$16,029——$9k$33k48%1,282304 mi 66Virginia Highlands Community CollegeAbingdon, Virginia$15,962——$5k$33k40%1,349264 mi 67Laurel Ridge Community CollegeMiddletown, Virginia$15,637——$6k$41k45%3,19562 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.