Best Community Colleges & 2-Year Degree Programs by Salary Potential
PayScale has ranked hundreds of two-year colleges by how much their alumni go on to earn. Find out which schools produce the highest-paid graduates.
| Rank | School Name | School Sector | Early Career Pay | Mid-Career Pay | % High Meaning | % STEM Degrees |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank:75 | School Name: Cardinal Stritch University | School Sector:Private not-for-profit | Early Career Pay:$61,800 | Mid-Career Pay:$85,000 | % High Meaning:74% | % STEM Degrees:3% |
| Rank:75 | School Name: Northern Virginia Community College | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$56,800 | Mid-Career Pay:$85,000 | % High Meaning:59% | % STEM Degrees:18% |
| Rank:75 | School Name: Bellingham Technical College | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$59,800 | Mid-Career Pay:$85,000 | % High Meaning:60% | % STEM Degrees:7% |
| Rank:79 | School Name: Bergen Community College | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$55,400 | Mid-Career Pay:$84,900 | % High Meaning:55% | % STEM Degrees:1% |
| Rank:80 | School Name: Empire State University | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$56,900 | Mid-Career Pay:$84,500 | % High Meaning:69% | % STEM Degrees:6% |
| Rank:80 | School Name: North Seattle College | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$61,200 | Mid-Career Pay:$84,500 | % High Meaning:59% | % STEM Degrees:11% |
| Rank:80 | School Name:Norwalk Community College | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$57,400 | Mid-Career Pay:$84,500 | % High Meaning:65% | % STEM Degrees:7% |
| Rank:80 | School Name: William Rainey Harper College | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$54,400 | Mid-Career Pay:$84,500 | % High Meaning:48% | % STEM Degrees:3% |
| Rank:84 | School Name: SUNY Westchester Community College | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$53,400 | Mid-Career Pay:$84,300 | % High Meaning:60% | % STEM Degrees:8% |
| Rank:84 | School Name:AdventHealth University | School Sector:Private not-for-profit | Early Career Pay:$62,100 | Mid-Career Pay:$84,300 | % High Meaning:- | % STEM Degrees:4% |
| Rank:84 | School Name: Thomas More University | School Sector:Private not-for-profit | Early Career Pay:$56,100 | Mid-Career Pay:$84,300 | % High Meaning:- | % STEM Degrees:9% |
| Rank:87 | School Name:Pierce College District | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$54,200 | Mid-Career Pay:$84,200 | % High Meaning:73% | % STEM Degrees:9% |
| Rank:87 | School Name: Clayton State University | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$56,500 | Mid-Career Pay:$84,200 | % High Meaning:74% | % STEM Degrees:8% |
| Rank:89 | School Name: San Jose City College | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$56,600 | Mid-Career Pay:$84,000 | % High Meaning:66% | % STEM Degrees:12% |
| Rank:90 | School Name: Sacred Heart University | School Sector:Private not-for-profit | Early Career Pay:$60,700 | Mid-Career Pay:$83,900 | % High Meaning:- | % STEM Degrees:12% |
| Rank:90 | School Name: Mission College | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$61,700 | Mid-Career Pay:$83,900 | % High Meaning:61% | % STEM Degrees:15% |
| Rank:90 | School Name:Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology | School Sector:Private not-for-profit | Early Career Pay:$56,300 | Mid-Career Pay:$83,900 | % High Meaning:75% | % STEM Degrees:4% |
| Rank:93 | School Name: College of the Canyons | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$53,900 | Mid-Career Pay:$83,800 | % High Meaning:56% | % STEM Degrees:5% |
| Rank:93 | School Name:Los Medanos College | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$56,700 | Mid-Career Pay:$83,800 | % High Meaning:61% | % STEM Degrees:7% |
| Rank:93 | School Name: - Kokomo_50px.png) Indiana University-Kokomo | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$58,900 | Mid-Career Pay:$83,800 | % High Meaning:- | % STEM Degrees:5% |
| Rank:93 | School Name: Louisiana Tech University | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$57,800 | Mid-Career Pay:$83,800 | % High Meaning:71% | % STEM Degrees:23% |
| Rank:97 | School Name: Seattle Central College | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$64,100 | Mid-Career Pay:$83,700 | % High Meaning:50% | % STEM Degrees:18% |
| Rank:97 | School Name:Taft College | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$57,500 | Mid-Career Pay:$83,700 | % High Meaning:71% | % STEM Degrees:11% |
| Rank:97 | School Name: University of Alaska Anchorage | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$58,100 | Mid-Career Pay:$83,700 | % High Meaning:57% | % STEM Degrees:10% |
| Rank:97 | School Name:Napa Valley College | School Sector:Public | Early Career Pay:$57,200 | Mid-Career Pay:$83,700 | % High Meaning:63% | % STEM Degrees:11% |
