Many two-year community colleges can offer students valuable opportunities to excel in their careers. Depending on the programs that the school offers and excels in, the career ambitions of its students, and the skills that students gain while in school, two-year degrees can provide a great value to students. Here are 45 two-year public colleges across the U.S. at which earnings exceed those of the typical two-year college.
Institution Name
State
Median Earnings of Students 10 Years After Entering the School
Prince William Sound Community College
AK
$42,000
Marion Military Institute
AL
$48,500
NorthWest Arkansas Community College
AR
$32,300
Scottsdale Community College
AZ
$35,700
Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health
CA
$85,800
Colorado Northwestern Community College
CO
$38,300
Capital Community College
CT
$35,000
Delaware Technical Community College-Stanton/Wilmington
DE
$33,500
Santa Fe College
FL
$33,500
Georgia Highlands College
GA
$34,100
Kapiolani Community College
HI
$33,300
Northwest Iowa Community College
IA
$38,400
College of DuPage
IL
$35,000
Vincennes University
IN
$32,200
Manhattan Area Technical College
KS
$36,400
Louisiana State University-Eunice
LA
$31,500
Quincy College
MA
$38,400
Prince George’s Community College
MD
$40,900
Southern Maine Community College
ME
$37,300
Schoolcraft College
MI
$31,000
Inver Hills Community College
MN
$38,400
Linn State Technical College
MO
$36,400
Highlands College of Montana Tech
MT
$39,800
Carolinas College of Health Sciences
NC
$47,300
North Dakota State College of Science
ND
$41,400
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture
NE
$43,800
NHTI-Concord’s Community College
NH
$37,700
County College of Morris
NJ
$40,200
New Mexico Military Institute
NM
$39,100
Truckee Meadows Community College
NV
$32,500
Fashion Institute of Technology
NY
$44,100
Ohio State University-Marion Campus
OH
$42,600
Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City
OK
$34,400
Clackamas Community College
OR
$33,800
University of Pittsburgh-Titusville
PA
$48,200
University of South Carolina-Sumter
SC
$32,800
Mitchell Technical Institute
SD
$38,000
Lamar Institute of Technology
TX
$48,200
Salt Lake Community College
UT
$36,200
Northern Virginia Community College
VA
$41,700
Vermont Technical College
VT
$44,200
Bellevue College
WA
$41,300
University of Wisconsin Colleges
WI
$33,000
Potomac State College of West Virginia University
WV
$43,900
Casper College
WY
$32,900
This list includes only predominantly two-year-degree-granting public schools with higher median positive earnings 10 years after beginning at the school than the median earnings for all predominantly two-year-degree-granting schools. Only the predominantly two-year-degree-granting public school with the highest median positive earnings in each state is shown in the list.