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

Certificate Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Programs with the Highest Five-Year Earnings, ranked by median five-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 83 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Folsom Lake CollegeFolsom, California$71,010——$6k$43k44%9,41446 mi 2United States UniversitySandy Springs, California$70,423———$81k—1532 mi 3California State University-FresnoFresno, California$68,81895%—$7k$61k57%21,605112 mi 4University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado$67,87578%1357$25k$70k74%31,939750 mi 5University of Mary WashingtonFredericksburg, Virginia$63,01580%1272$21k$61k66%3,5668 mi 6Mission CollegeSanta Clara, California$61,206——$5k$51k39%5,7845 mi 7Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana$60,51278%1313$16k$64k80%37,806174 mi 8Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana$59,18976%1139$12k$55k54%13,830139 mi 9Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas$57,930——$6k$43k20%30,189127 mi 10Macomb Community CollegeWarren, Michigan$57,600——$2k$42k18%13,87615 mi 11Orange Coast CollegeCosta Mesa, California$52,560——$7k$47k48%16,0914 mi 12San Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego, California$51,867——$3k$48k48%11,2718 mi 13American River CollegeSacramento, California$51,671——$8k$40k37%25,62139 mi 14Napa Valley CollegeNapa, California$51,532——$15k$50k43%3,81311 mi 15San Diego Mesa CollegeSan Diego, California$51,171——$6k$45k35%16,0985 mi 16East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park, California$51,063——$11k$42k37%27,75318 mi 17Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans, Louisiana$50,436——$10k$33k24%11,6683 mi 18Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan$50,072——$660$35k17%8,6437 mi 19College of Southern MarylandLa Plata, Maryland$49,873——$9k$44k33%4,5125 mi 20College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California$49,535——$4k$49k45%15,83225 mi 21Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California$49,123——$3k$42k30%15,10934 mi 22Anne Arundel Community CollegeArnold, Maryland$48,666——$15k$46k31%8,9971 mi 23College of AlamedaAlameda, California$48,574——$8k$43k33%4,4871 mi 24Chesapeake CollegeWye Mills, Maryland$47,042——$5k$36k35%1,3204 mi 25Central Arizona CollegeCoolidge, Arizona$46,570——$5k$41k27%4,912148 mi 26Delta CollegeUniversity Center, Michigan$46,546——$5k$38k27%6,5739 mi 27Riverside City CollegeRiverside, California$46,192——$8k$41k37%18,34638 mi 28Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia$46,146——$10k$54k33%33,04810 mi 29Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California$45,862——$2k$45k48%10,57915 mi 30Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana$45,784——$11k$41k39%3,657204 mi 31Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon$45,719——$8k$43k23%4,96365 mi 32University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin$45,43191%1090$15k$55k49%16,758< 1 mi 33Elgin Community CollegeElgin, Illinois$45,262——$6k$46k41%6,64830 mi 34Los Angeles City CollegeLos Angeles, California$45,177——$10k$36k29%11,19812 mi 35Isothermal Community CollegeSpindale, North Carolina$44,974——$11k$33k55%1,169203 mi 36Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California$44,810——$3k$44k31%22,48510 mi 37Laurel Ridge Community CollegeMiddletown, Virginia$44,289——$6k$41k45%3,19562 mi 38Germanna Community CollegeLocust Grove, Virginia$44,041——$6k$40k46%5,50823 mi 39Mid Michigan CollegeHarrison, Michigan$43,972——$8k$37k28%2,09842 mi 40Pitt Community CollegeWinterville, North Carolina$43,932——$7k$37k35%5,31720 mi 41Cuesta CollegeSan Luis Obispo, California$43,886——$12k$46k48%7,1805 mi 42Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia$43,480——$5k$41k38%5,7927 mi 43Shasta CollegeRedding, California$43,333——$3k$39k23%6,12894 mi 44Indiana University-EastRichmond, Indiana$43,13267%1061$8k$47k40%2,589146 mi 45Yavapai CollegePrescott, Arizona$42,807——$9k$40k34%3,988218 mi 46Hartnell CollegeSalinas, California$42,771——$2k$44k40%9,4536 mi 47Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, Massachusetts$42,730——$8k$48k13%8,6121 mi 48Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California$42,486——$16k$44k38%8,0021 mi 49Los Angeles Pierce CollegeWoodland Hills, California$42,457——$13k$45k46%13,43610 mi 50Lemoore CollegeLemoore, California$41,990——$11k$40k49%3,37384 mi 51Aiken Technical CollegeGraniteville, South Carolina$41,897——$5k$39k34%1,92589 mi 52Blue Ridge Community and Technical CollegeMartinsburg, West Virginia$41,637——$5k$39k32%1,66162 mi 53Central Piedmont Community CollegeCharlotte, North Carolina$41,615——$3k$38k31%15,067153 mi 54Louisiana Delta Community CollegeMonroe, Louisiana$41,503——$8k$30k30%3,057181 mi 55Blue Ridge Community CollegeWeyers Cave, Virginia$40,569——$14k$43k40%2,73086 mi 56Edison State Community CollegePiqua, Ohio$40,519——$7k$41k38%1,302108 mi 57J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeRichmond, Virginia$39,908——$5k$40k32%5,58623 mi 58Rappahannock Community CollegeGlenns, Virginia$39,864——$4k$36k45%1,3676 mi 59San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, California$39,553——$8k$39k30%10,4411 mi 60Coalinga CollegeCoalinga, California$39,212——$10k$38k43%2,52257 mi 61Piedmont Virginia Community CollegeCharlottesville, Virginia$38,908——$6k$41k39%3,04566 mi 62Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, Virginia$38,878——$7k$38k34%3,9413 mi 63Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana$38,582——$7k$37k41%58,267138 mi 64Nicolet Area Technical CollegeRhinelander, Wisconsin$38,358——$8k$39k44%66380 mi 65College of the SiskiyousWeed, California$38,310——$11k$39k33%1,19087 mi 66University of Arkansas-East Arkansas Community CollegeForrest City, Arkansas$38,192——$7k$28k51%554323 mi 67Northeast Iowa Community CollegeCalmar, Iowa$38,175——$11k$41k51%1,697199 mi 68Crafton Hills CollegeYucaipa, California$37,875——$11k$43k31%5,68752 mi 69Patrick & Henry Community CollegeMartinsville, Virginia$37,607——$4k$33k42%1,350149 mi 70Imperial Valley CollegeImperial, California$37,047——$1k$34k45%7,65265 mi 71Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California$36,515——$12k$43k32%12,60112 mi 72Merced CollegeMerced, California$35,817——$5k$38k36%10,00170 mi 73Florence-Darlington Technical CollegeFlorence, South Carolina$35,492——$2k$33k34%3,05565 mi 74Enterprise State Community CollegeEnterprise, Alabama$35,460——$13k$43k42%1,58559 mi 75Cochise County Community College DistrictSierra Vista, Arizona$35,204——$8k$38k30%3,096168 mi 76Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, Virginia$34,934——$5k$39k40%3,898148 mi 77Wytheville Community CollegeWytheville, Virginia$34,515——$5k$34k47%1,255210 mi 78Panola CollegeCarthage, Texas$32,940——$5k$36k43%1,388153 mi 79Three Rivers CollegePoplar Bluff, Missouri$32,445——$8k$32k33%1,844373 mi 80James Sprunt Community CollegeKenansville, North Carolina$31,710——$2k$29k48%79934 mi 81Danville Community CollegeDanville, Virginia$30,017——$7k$32k39%1,306129 mi 82Paul D Camp Community CollegeFranklin, Virginia$29,777——$4k$36k36%61326 mi 83Butler County Community CollegeButler, Pennsylvania$28,390——$6k$39k37%1,78986 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.