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Every university with official Census earnings for this field, ranked by 5-year median salary.

Bachelor's

national median $92,698 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesMN$67,254$99,411$123,953+7%
2Weber State UniversityUT$67,193$96,310$120,332+4%
3Utah Valley UniversityUT$75,945$93,733$112,807+1%
4University of Texas at San AntonioTX$72,871$92,698$120,7800%
5Central Connecticut State UniversityCT$68,203$87,070$104,958-6%
6University of Massachusetts - AmherstMA$56,776$86,780$97,751-6%
7Southern Utah UniversityUT$60,219$84,323-9%

Associate

national median $74,369 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Brazosport CollegeTX$89,036$128,840$152,282+73%
2Clackamas Community CollegeOR$90,511$127,711+72%
3Lee CollegeTX$82,397$122,149$139,846+64%
4Richland Community CollegeIL$107,901$111,056$135,976+49%
5City Colleges of Chicago - Richard J. Daley CollegeIL$94,732$109,537$112,807+47%
6Rock Valley CollegeIL$100,394$101,595+37%
7Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma CityOK$63,808$99,674+34%
8Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 1IN$88,185$97,685$112,495+31%
9Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 4IN$88,488$97,622$101,776+31%
10College Of DuPageIL$77,901$96,190+29%
11Northern Virginia Community CollegeVA$70,090$95,189+28%
12North Lake CollegeTX$67,715$93,187+25%
13Weber State UniversityUT$74,729$91,987+24%
14Prairie State CollegeIL$61,332$90,181$99,994+21%
15Northwest Iowa Community CollegeIA$61,827$89,089$95,189+20%
16South Plains CollegeTX$51,994$87,772$75,586+18%
17Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 7IN$79,214$87,416$92,906+18%
18Dakota County Technical CollegeMN$48,932$86,150$88,193+16%
19Portland Community CollegeOR$74,301$85,856$89,177+15%
20Ivy Tech Community College of IndianaIN$80,021$84,947$89,605+14%
21Salt Lake Community CollegeUT$66,819$84,529+14%
22Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 12IN$78,116$84,019$91,460+13%
23Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 13IN$74,407$83,805$90,970+13%
24Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeMN$54,804$83,557$72,585+12%
25Eastern Gateway Community CollegeOH$44,398$83,557+12%
26Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 2IN$75,113$80,129$85,478+8%
27Minnesota West Community and Technical CollegeMN$55,078$80,008$95,590+8%
28State Technical College of MissouriMO$55,442$77,503$95,830+4%
29San Jacinto Community College DistrictTX$70,298$77,273$105,799+4%
30Red Rocks Community CollegeCO$66,382$76,896$87,170+3%
31North Hennepin Community CollegeMN$53,107$75,035+1%
32Tidewater Community CollegeVA$60,252$74,6430%
33Hudson Valley Community CollegeNY$53,392$74,369$86,6090%
34Texas State Technical CollegeTX$77,901$74,3010%
35Northwest State Community CollegeOH$70,870$74,3010%
36Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana- Region 3IN$66,243$73,578$76,512-1%
37Austin Community CollegeTX$54,522$73,271$89,177-1%
38Utah Valley UniversityUT$51,223$72,585-2%
39Southwestern Illinois CollegeIL$57,713$70,365$72,966-5%
40Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 5IN$69,154$68,782$83,557-8%
41Rochester Community and Technical CollegeMN$57,346$68,626-8%
42Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 6IN$68,203$67,887$91,050-9%
43Century CollegeMN$59,848$65,534-12%
44Lake Superior CollegeMN$41,951$64,546$87,772-13%
45Vincennes UniversityIN$52,864$64,501$72,095-13%
46John Wood Community CollegeIL$40,883$63,346-15%
47Kennebec Valley Community CollegeME$46,606$63,270$69,644-15%
48John A. Logan CollegeIL$59,253$62,818$84,259-16%
49Northeast Iowa Community CollegeIA$44,485$62,224$78,843-16%
50Parkland CollegeIL$59,105$60,508-19%
51Mitchell Technical CollegeSD$45,206$60,323$71,876-19%
52Chemeketa Community CollegeOR$61,147$59,848$64,930-20%
53St. Cloud Technical and Community CollegeMN$42,016$59,848$76,015-20%
54Kirkwood Community CollegeIA$42,224$59,422$70,679-20%
55Pikes Peak State CollegeCO$46,532$58,920$79,787-21%
56Dutchess Community CollegeNY$42,146$58,363$96,791-22%
57Honolulu Community CollegeHI$41,154$58,363-22%
58SUNY College of Technology at DelhiNY$39,028$58,292$83,557-22%
59Saint Philip's CollegeTX$44,206$58,019$68,363-22%
60Flathead Valley Community CollegeMT$36,215$57,867-22%
61Snow CollegeUT$31,905$56,877-24%
62Virginia Highlands Community CollegeVA$45,582$56,620-24%
63SUNY College of Technology at CantonNY$40,883$55,817$64,930-25%
64Southern Maine Community CollegeME$39,184$55,817$60,342-25%
65Erie Community CollegeNY$40,883$55,539$73,075-25%
66Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 9IN$42,505$55,464-25%
67SUNY College of Technology at AlfredNY$38,016$55,107$67,864-26%
68Midlands Technical CollegeSC$38,092$54,757-26%
69Del Mar CollegeTX$47,119$54,051-27%
70Montana State University - NorthernMT$43,047$52,636-29%
71Northern Maine Community CollegeME$39,980$51,994$55,335-30%
72SUNY College of Agriculture & Technology at MorrisvilleNY$35,115$51,505$61,827-31%
73Iowa Lakes Community CollegeIA$37,132$49,171$54,993-34%
74Hawaii Community CollegeHI$36,956$48,791$64,930-34%
75Central Maine Community CollegeME$32,393$48,487$64,628-35%
76Lake Area Technical CollegeSD$36,646$47,980$56,134-35%
77Iowa Valley Community College DistrictIA$37,592$47,939$54,580-36%
78University of Montana (The)MT$32,761$47,802$56,170-36%
79Western Dakota Technical CollegeSD$38,231$47,210$50,197-37%
80Kaskaskia CollegeIL$38,202$46,435$72,585-38%
81Eastern Maine Community CollegeME$33,372$46,249$51,627-38%
82Mineral Area CollegeMO$30,837$45,300-39%
83Iowa Western Community CollegeIA$30,600$45,273$62,075-39%
84State Fair Community CollegeMO$42,505$43,047$62,818-42%
85Southwestern Community CollegeIA$38,107$42,746$46,845-43%
86Southeastern Community CollegeIA$30,070$41,424-44%
87Triton CollegeIL$116,272
88Owens Community CollegeOH$109,788
89Blue Ridge Community and Technical CollegeWV$98,486
90Mt. Hood Community CollegeOR$98,232
91Illinois Valley Community CollegeIL$91,143
92Lane Community CollegeOR$86,267
93College of Lake CountyIL$83,557
94Trinidad State CollegeCO$69,841
95Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology - OkmulgeeOK$69,078
96Aims Community CollegeCO$65,986
97Colorado Mesa UniversityCO$65,458
98Brightpoint Community CollegeVA$63,610
99Saint Louis Community CollegeMO$61,969
100Southeast Technical CollegeSD$50,858
101Hawkeye Community CollegeIA$48,238
102Montana State University - BillingsMT$47,802
103SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLA$45,751
104William Rainey Harper CollegeIL$45,210
105Ridgewater CollegeMN$44,206
106Ozarks Technical Community CollegeMO$43,588
107South Central CollegeMN$43,047
108Iowa Central Community CollegeIA$42,505$51,223
109Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeIA$41,424
110City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King CollegeIL$38,509
111South Texas CollegeTX$38,279
112Northwest Technical College - BemidjiMN$36,215
113Fond du Lac Tribal & Community CollegeMN$34,840
114Lincoln College of TechnologyIN$34,615

Certificate (1-2 years)

national median $69,154 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Triton CollegeIL$110,798$119,246+72%
2Hudson Valley Community CollegeNY$61,926$116,662+69%
3City Colleges of Chicago - Richard J. Daley CollegeIL$54,636$115,381+67%
4Parkland CollegeIL$62,158$105,907+53%
5Joliet Junior CollegeIL$54,051$105,332+52%
6Saint Paul College - A Community & Technical CollegeMN$79,787$102,499$97,476+48%
7City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King CollegeIL$69,083$101,225$169,215+46%
8Rock Valley CollegeIL$90,582$96,422$100,117+39%
9Kennebec Valley Community CollegeME$63,313$93,965$99,192+36%
10Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 1IN$79,157$91,650+33%
11Ivy Tech Community College of IndianaIN$69,946$91,528+32%
12Northwest Iowa Community CollegeIA$61,699$90,985$103,626+32%
13Nassau Community CollegeNY$54,615$90,933+31%
14Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeUT$90,662$90,020+30%
15Prairie State CollegeIL$75,586$89,458$93,908+29%
16Colorado Mesa UniversityCO$58,878$89,103$111,487+29%
17Waubonsee Community CollegeIL$87,123$89,069$89,458+29%
18Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 13IN$66,197$86,048+24%
19Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 2IN$60,363$83,306+20%
20SOWELA Technical Community CollegeLA$51,576$80,863$107,201+17%
21Dakota County Technical CollegeMN$51,840$79,314$97,530+15%
22Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 7IN$76,399$76,015+10%
23Mitchell Technical CollegeSD$48,774$75,822$90,774+10%
24Illinois Valley Community CollegeIL$62,075$74,545+8%
25Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeMN$49,070$72,839$88,019+5%
26Saint Louis Community CollegeMO$127,509$72,585$93,589+5%
27Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 12IN$67,768$72,356+5%
28Capital Area Technical CollegeLA$61,036$71,212+3%
29Trinidad State CollegeCO$42,033$71,060$88,826+3%
30Brightpoint Community CollegeVA$47,243$70,298+2%
31Emily Griffith Technical CollegeCO$60,272$69,154$79,0480%
32Southwestern Illinois CollegeIL$63,761$68,650$77,440-1%
33Red Rocks Community CollegeCO$59,422$67,746$65,986-2%
34Erie Community CollegeNY$40,849$66,546-4%
35Northshore Technical Community CollegeLA$51,875$66,474-4%
36Minnesota West Community and Technical CollegeMN$43,588$63,170$71,961-9%
37L. E. Fletcher Technical Community CollegeLA$35,961$62,818$75,158-9%
38Tidewater Community CollegeVA$49,171$61,630-11%
39Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 5IN$61,827$60,738$77,430-12%
40Illinois Eastern Community Colleges -Frontier Community CollegeIL$46,561$60,508$74,872-12%
41Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana- Region 3IN$61,095$60,363$70,108-13%
42Century CollegeMN$53,696$59,848-13%
43South Central Louisiana Technical CollegeLA$39,242$58,363-16%
44Southern Maine Community CollegeME$44,754$57,991-16%
45Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictWY$25,793$56,877-18%
46Cisco CollegeTX$51,223$55,935-19%
47Virginia Highlands Community CollegeVA$42,423$55,935-19%
48Hennepin Technical CollegeMN$42,610$55,778$70,198-19%
49St. Cloud Technical and Community CollegeMN$38,630$55,414$72,585-20%
50Danville Community CollegeVA$49,613$55,335$62,487-20%
51SUNY College of Technology at CantonNY$33,653$55,307$67,570-20%
52Northwest Technical College - BemidjiMN$28,170$54,993-20%
53Eastern Maine Community CollegeME$42,348$54,252$65,590-22%
54Northwest Louisiana Technical Community CollegeLA$36,533$52,479-24%
55SUNY College of Technology at DelhiNY$31,670$52,479$66,338-24%
56Northeast Iowa Community CollegeIA$34,630$52,311$61,951-24%
57University of Hawaii Maui CollegeHI$49,606$51,670$71,441-25%
58Northland Community and Technical CollegeMN$36,215$51,520$60,177-25%
59Des Moines Area Community CollegeIA$35,649$51,389$61,756-26%
60Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 9IN$35,940$50,831-26%
61Washington County Community CollegeME$33,078$50,676$64,628-27%
62Delgado Community CollegeLA$34,620$49,399$56,877-29%
63Rochester Community and Technical CollegeMN$33,519$49,399$65,081-29%
64Elaine P. Nunez Community CollegeLA$32,272$49,399-29%
65South Louisiana Community CollegeLA$36,458$49,035-29%
66Anoka Technical CollegeMN$38,592$48,487$62,158-30%
67Kirkwood Community CollegeIA$33,995$47,973$61,167-31%
68Central Louisiana Technical Community CollegeLA$36,322$47,392-31%
69Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeIA$32,752$47,378$58,440-31%
70Iowa Valley Community College DistrictIA$37,774$46,898$61,827-32%
71Greenville Technical CollegeSC$38,050$46,663-33%
72North Iowa Area Community CollegeIA$33,372$46,663$51,223-33%
73Southside Virginia Community CollegeVA$44,592$46,435-33%
74Alexandria Technical and Community CollegeMN$35,823$46,359$55,078-33%
75South Central CollegeMN$35,840$46,024$53,485-33%
76Iowa Central Community CollegeIA$34,252$45,600$55,984-34%
77Hawaii Community CollegeHI$38,509$44,669-35%
78Indian Hills Community CollegeIA$30,804$44,478$54,051-36%
79Southwestern Community CollegeIA$28,634$44,319$49,482-36%
80Minnesota State College SoutheastMN$33,505$42,235$56,877-39%
81Iowa Lakes Community CollegeIA$27,177$41,405$49,783-40%
82Abraham Baldwin Agricultural CollegeGA$33,804$40,342-42%
83Richland Community CollegeIL$89,507$40,146$43,047-42%
84Northern Maine Community CollegeME$31,452$40,113$52,920-42%
85Wytheville Community CollegeVA$31,905$39,745$36,215-43%
86Lake Land CollegeIL$34,217$39,178$45,268-43%
87Mohawk Valley Community College - SUNY Office of Community CollegesNY$33,666$38,967$49,855-44%
88University of Montana (The)MT$33,286$38,226$41,424-45%
89Kaskaskia CollegeIL$28,584$38,141-45%
90Marion Technical CollegeOH$100,994
91William Rainey Harper CollegeIL$76,770
92Cuyahoga Community CollegeOH$72,404
93North Hennepin Community CollegeMN$68,363
94McHenry County CollegeIL$65,986
95San Jacinto Community College DistrictTX$59,848
96Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 4IN$58,858
97Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 6IN$48,487
98New River Community and Technical CollegeWV$48,487
99Southeast Technical CollegeSD$42,092
100Del Mar CollegeTX$41,695
101Lincoln Land Community CollegeIL$38,623
102Louisiana Delta Community CollegeLA$37,132
103Bridgerland Technical CollegeUT$35,528
104Honolulu Community CollegeHI$34,840
105Mesabi Range CollegeMN$32,705
106Iowa Western Community CollegeIA$31,905
107Western Dakota Technical CollegeSD$31,066
108State Technical College of MissouriMO$30,600

Certificate (under 1 year)

national median $69,841 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Richland Community CollegeIL$140,184$129,378$127,359+85%
2Saint Paul College - A Community & Technical CollegeMN$66,850$109,668$112,456+57%
3Texas State Technical CollegeTX$54,158$109,537+57%
4City Colleges of Chicago - Richard J. Daley CollegeIL$46,382$105,552+51%
5Trinidad State CollegeCO$58,208$101,061+45%
6Portland Community CollegeOR$69,466$99,460+42%
7Lee CollegeTX$77,013$98,792$110,237+41%
8University of Minnesota - Twin CitiesMN$79,247$91,460+31%
9Brazosport CollegeTX$65,543$89,427$113,129+28%
10Lamar Institute of TechnologyTX$60,272$89,305$112,807+28%
11South Plains CollegeTX$52,989$86,981$96,791+25%
12North Hennepin Community CollegeMN$67,967$81,941$71,728+17%
13North Lake CollegeTX$73,302$81,381$91,685+17%
14Mountainland Technical CollegeUT$65,752$79,550+14%
15Western Texas CollegeTX$58,427$79,032$93,187+13%
16Emily Griffith Technical CollegeCO$55,658$77,673+11%
17Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 5IN$39,884$76,770+10%
18Aims Community CollegeCO$42,660$76,015+9%
19Davis Technical CollegeUT$67,872$74,872+7%
20San Jacinto Community College DistrictTX$57,147$74,110$104,087+6%
21Saint Louis Community CollegeMO$63,610$73,271$100,394+5%
22Trident Technical CollegeSC$47,682$72,871$86,367+4%
23William Rainey Harper CollegeIL$55,464$71,212$56,877+2%
24Ogden-Weber Technical CollegeUT$61,145$70,912+2%
25Northeastern Technical CollegeSC$50,831$69,841$69,1540%
26Tidewater Community CollegeVA$49,482$69,5360%
27College Of DuPageIL$57,619$69,154-1%
28Red Rocks Community CollegeCO$58,093$68,738$69,154-2%
29Arapahoe Community CollegeCO$60,837$65,986-6%
30Waubonsee Community CollegeIL$52,920$65,194$68,098-7%
31Anoka Technical CollegeMN$48,121$61,827-11%
32Bridgerland Technical CollegeUT$47,392$61,431-12%
33Joliet Junior CollegeIL$38,814$60,696$69,154-13%
34Dixie Technical CollegeUT$47,252$60,219-14%
35Aiken Technical CollegeSC$37,132$58,858-16%
36Lone Star College SystemTX$42,423$58,659-16%
37Northwest Technical College - BemidjiMN$37,297$56,877$55,935-19%
38Pikes Peak State CollegeCO$43,722$56,473$54,993-19%
39South Suburban CollegeIL$45,571$56,312$45,480-19%
40Virginia Western Community CollegeVA$37,908$54,333-22%
41Houston Community CollegeTX$40,342$53,270$61,879-24%
42Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeMN$44,638$53,243-24%
43South Texas CollegeTX$31,758$52,963$70,012-24%
44Southwestern Illinois CollegeIL$53,753$52,872$62,007-24%
45Midlands Technical CollegeSC$38,279$52,872$61,332-24%
46Northeast Texas Community CollegeTX$45,334$52,636-25%
47Cisco CollegeTX$42,146$52,071$58,659-25%
48Kishwaukee CollegeIL$49,035$50,881-27%
49Virginia Highlands Community CollegeVA$39,119$50,881-27%
50Del Mar CollegeTX$42,539$50,441$61,545-28%
51Horry - Georgetown Technical CollegeSC$35,482$50,197-28%
52Coastal Bend CollegeTX$34,840$50,129$49,399-28%
53Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana- Region 3IN$53,833$49,979-28%
54Austin Community CollegeTX$45,149$49,399-29%
55Greenville Technical CollegeSC$35,604$49,351$58,065-29%
56Abraham Baldwin Agricultural CollegeGA$31,905$47,802$45,075-32%
57Pickens Technical CollegeCO$33,556$46,207-34%
58Saint Philip's CollegeTX$36,541$46,055$57,726-34%
59Texarkana CollegeTX$39,092$45,365-35%
60Lake Superior CollegeMN$33,861$45,149$56,877-35%
61Uintah Basin Technical CollegeUT$29,807$44,669-36%
62El Paso Community CollegeTX$33,113$44,319$52,963-37%
63Laredo CollegeTX$30,869$43,948$52,636-37%
64Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 1IN$43,820$43,722-37%
65Lake Land CollegeIL$30,529$41,844-40%
66Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeIA$28,276$40,342-42%
67Wytheville Community CollegeVA$31,266$40,052-43%
68Laramie County Community CollegeWY$33,162$39,998$53,243-43%
69Central Texas College DistrictTX$42,555$39,517$55,464-43%
70Rock Valley CollegeIL$37,984$39,242$63,874-44%
71York Technical CollegeSC$36,715$39,119$49,703-44%
72City Colleges of Chicago - Kennedy-King CollegeIL$29,263$38,762$44,098-44%
73Central Wyoming CollegeWY$32,557$36,019$32,883-48%
74Kaskaskia CollegeIL$28,436$35,036$44,398-50%
75Trinity Valley Community CollegeTX$32,883$34,622$38,202-50%
76Mt. Hood Community CollegeOR$89,578
77Clackamas Community CollegeOR$82,479
78Grayson CollegeTX$67,887
79Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 4IN$66,779
80Lane Community CollegeOR$61,332
81Northern Virginia Community CollegeVA$61,121
82Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 12IN$60,837
83Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 10IN$59,848
84Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 2IN$58,574
85Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 9IN$55,817
86Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 7IN$55,261
87Ivy Tech Community College of IndianaIN$54,757
88Minnesota West Community and Technical CollegeMN$54,051
89Columbus State Community CollegeOH$51,818
90Blue Ridge Community CollegeVA$50,767
91Sinclair Community CollegeOH$48,791
92Orangeburg - Calhoun Technical CollegeSC$47,574
93Mountain Gateway Community CollegeVA$47,460
94Salt Lake Community CollegeUT$46,298
95Iowa Valley Community College DistrictIA$44,592
96Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana - Region 13IN$44,206
97Hennepin Technical CollegeMN$42,746
98Paris Junior CollegeTX$40,642
99Lewis and Clark Community CollegeIL$36,412
100Cuyahoga Community CollegeOH$32,639
101Iowa Western Community CollegeIA$31,485
102Lamar Community CollegeCO$31,416
103Piedmont Technical CollegeSC$28,969
104Galveston CollegeTX$28,276
105Southwestern Community CollegeIA$27,237
106Front Range Community CollegeCO$20,737

Certificate (2-4 years)

national median $61,468 · 5 yrs
#University1 yr5 yrs10 yrsvs national
1Rochester Community and Technical CollegeMN$54,115$69,746$79,787+13%
2Minnesota North CollegeMN$47,068$69,154$83,557+13%
3Anoka Technical CollegeMN$43,806$68,222$90,995+11%
4Minnesota West Community and Technical CollegeMN$46,886$65,835$74,768+7%
5Minnesota State Community and Technical CollegeMN$42,669$62,349$76,689+1%
6Lake Superior CollegeMN$36,628$62,075$71,441+1%
7Dakota County Technical CollegeMN$43,722$61,969$87,070+1%
8Minneapolis Community and Technical CollegeMN$40,146$61,468$74,8720%
9St. Cloud Technical and Community CollegeMN$43,948$61,054$86,454-1%
10Northwest Technical College - BemidjiMN$40,412$60,837$71,728-1%
11Saint Paul College - A Community & Technical CollegeMN$37,774$59,848$83,018-3%
12Riverland Community CollegeMN$44,773$58,659$72,786-5%
13Ridgewater CollegeMN$40,465$57,688$68,891-6%
14Northland Community and Technical CollegeMN$43,104$57,090$74,545-7%
15Mesabi Range CollegeMN$40,883$50,311$64,798-18%
16Alexandria Technical and Community CollegeMN$36,271$49,801$62,278-19%
17Northern Wyoming Community College DistrictWY$77,631