Certificate Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Programs with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings

Certificate Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Programs with the Lowest Debt Relative to Earnings, ranked by program debt / annual 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 46 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park, California0.11×——$11k$42k37%27,75318 mi 2Chesapeake CollegeWye Mills, Maryland0.12×——$5k$36k35%1,3204 mi 3San Diego Mesa CollegeSan Diego, California0.12×——$6k$45k35%16,0985 mi 4Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California0.12×——$2k$45k48%10,57915 mi 5San Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego, California0.13×——$3k$48k48%11,2718 mi 6Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California0.14×——$3k$42k30%15,10934 mi 7Hartnell CollegeSalinas, California0.15×——$2k$44k40%9,4536 mi 8College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California0.16×——$4k$49k45%15,83225 mi 9Rappahannock Community CollegeGlenns, Virginia0.16×——$4k$36k45%1,3676 mi 10Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California0.16×——$3k$44k31%22,48510 mi 11College of Southern MarylandLa Plata, Maryland0.17×——$9k$44k33%4,5125 mi 12Imperial Valley CollegeImperial, California0.17×——$1k$34k45%7,65265 mi 13Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California0.17×——$16k$44k38%8,0021 mi 14Germanna Community CollegeLocust Grove, Virginia0.19×——$6k$40k46%5,50823 mi 15Patrick & Henry Community CollegeMartinsville, Virginia0.20×——$4k$33k42%1,350149 mi 16San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, California0.20×——$8k$39k30%10,4411 mi 17Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia0.20×——$5k$41k38%5,7927 mi 18Blue Ridge Community CollegeWeyers Cave, Virginia0.20×——$14k$43k40%2,73086 mi 19University of Arkansas-East Arkansas Community CollegeForrest City, Arkansas0.21×——$7k$28k51%554323 mi 20Los Angeles City CollegeLos Angeles, California0.21×——$10k$36k29%11,19812 mi 21Central Arizona CollegeCoolidge, Arizona0.22×——$5k$41k27%4,912148 mi 22Shasta CollegeRedding, California0.22×——$3k$39k23%6,12894 mi 23Lemoore CollegeLemoore, California0.23×——$11k$40k49%3,37384 mi 24Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia0.23×——$10k$54k33%33,04810 mi 25Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana0.23×——$7k$37k41%58,267138 mi 26Piedmont Virginia Community CollegeCharlottesville, Virginia0.24×——$6k$41k39%3,04566 mi 27Coalinga CollegeCoalinga, California0.24×——$10k$38k43%2,52257 mi 28Yavapai CollegePrescott, Arizona0.24×——$9k$40k34%3,988218 mi 29Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California0.25×——$12k$43k32%12,60112 mi 30Merced CollegeMerced, California0.26×——$5k$38k36%10,00170 mi 31Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana0.26×——$11k$41k39%3,657204 mi 32Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, Virginia0.27×——$7k$38k34%3,9413 mi 33Wytheville Community CollegeWytheville, Virginia0.27×——$5k$34k47%1,255210 mi 34Three Rivers CollegePoplar Bluff, Missouri0.27×——$8k$32k33%1,844373 mi 35J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeRichmond, Virginia0.28×——$5k$40k32%5,58623 mi 36Cochise County Community College DistrictSierra Vista, Arizona0.28×——$8k$38k30%3,096168 mi 37Danville Community CollegeDanville, Virginia0.30×——$7k$32k39%1,306129 mi 38Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon0.30×——$8k$43k23%4,96365 mi 39Northeast Iowa Community CollegeCalmar, Iowa0.31×——$11k$41k51%1,697199 mi 40Edison State Community CollegePiqua, Ohio0.32×——$7k$41k38%1,302108 mi 41Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, Virginia0.32×——$5k$39k40%3,898148 mi 42Mid Michigan CollegeHarrison, Michigan0.32×——$8k$37k28%2,09842 mi 43Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana0.34×78%1313$16k$64k80%37,806174 mi 44Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans, Louisiana0.47×——$10k$33k24%11,6683 mi 45Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan0.49×——$660$35k17%8,6437 mi 46University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin0.65×91%1090$15k$55k49%16,758< 1 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.