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Certificate (under 1 year)+15% vs national median458 grads tracked

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services at Aims Community College

Ranked 68th of 260 certificate (under 1 year) programs in Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services by 5-year earnings.

Median · 1 year out
$43,588
middle 50%: $27,696 – $64,889
Median · 5 years out
$53,270
middle 50%: $37,114 – $74,502
Median · 10 years out
$66,262
middle 50%: $42,624 – $93,703

Salary trajectory

Median earnings vs the national median for Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (certificate (under 1 year)) graduates.

This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates

Aims Community College certificate holders in business and marketing earn a median of $44k in their first year. Mid-career earnings for this group average $66k.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.

Will the degree pay for itself?

Drag the sliders — payback uses this program's actual salary curve.

Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).

Paid off in
7.5 yrs
≈ $8,475 total interest

Same major at other universities

Front Range Community College
$54,647 · 5 yrs out
Edison State Community College
$54,485 · 5 yrs out
Frank Phillips College
$54,051 · 5 yrs out
Mountain View College
$54,051 · 5 yrs out
Laurel Ridge Community College
$54,051 · 5 yrs out
City Colleges of Chicago - Wilbur Wright College
$53,455 · 5 yrs out
Tyler Junior College
$53,107 · 5 yrs out
College Of DuPage
$52,983 · 5 yrs out
Mount Wachusett Community College
$52,950 · 5 yrs out
Lone Star College System
$52,723 · 5 yrs out
Tarrant County College District
$52,709 · 5 yrs out
City Colleges of Chicago - Olive-Harvey College
$52,636 · 5 yrs out

Other majors at Aims Community College

Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Certificate)
$96,791 · 5 yrs out
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Associate)
$77,273 · 5 yrs out
Construction Trades (Certificate)
$76,015 · 5 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate)
$72,748 · 5 yrs out
Management Information Systems and Services (Certificate)
$72,341 · 5 yrs out
Management Information Systems and Services (Certificate)
$70,298 · 5 yrs out
Fire Protection (Associate)
$66,937 · 5 yrs out
Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and Inspection (Certificate)
$66,779 · 5 yrs out
Transportation and Materials Moving (Associate)
$65,353 · 5 yrs out
Air Transportation (Associate)
$65,353 · 5 yrs out
Fire Protection (Certificate)
$65,230 · 5 yrs out
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services (Certificate)
$65,177 · 5 yrs out

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