4-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort four years after completion.
$46,404
Program median
Program + credential
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.: Associate's Degree
Credential-level program pages keep field-of-study metrics separate from institution-wide outcomes.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard Data status: March 23, 2026 Missing and suppressed values are not zero.
Available program metrics
5-year earnings Median earnings for a program cohort five years after completion.
$44,505
Program median
Median debt Median program debt for a defined completion cohort.
$23,999
At evaluated institution
Cohort count Count context for the program outcome metrics.
10,708
Students in outcome cohort
| School | Type | Institution net price | Institution grad rate | Program data status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amarillo College Amarillo, TX | Public | $4,600 | 32.3% | Available |
| American River College Sacramento, CA | Public | $7,999 | 36.6% | Available |
| Anoka-Ramsey Community College Coon Rapids, MN | Public | $16,434 | 30% | Available |
| Austin Community College District Austin, TX | Public | $6,390 | 20.2% | Available |
| Berkeley City College Berkeley, CA | Public | $9,096 | 36.4% | Available |
| Bunker Hill Community College Boston, MA | Public | $7,818 | 13.2% | Available |
| Cayuga County Community College Auburn, NY | Public | $8,662 | 30.1% | Available |
| Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI | Public | $17,597 | 58.7% | Available |
| Cerritos College Norwalk, CA | Public | $2,424 | 30.5% | Available |
| Chabot College Hayward, CA | Public | $9,053 | 46.9% | Available |
| Chandler-Gilbert Community College Chandler, AZ | Public | $12,726 | 29.8% | Available |
| College of Alameda Alameda, CA | Public | $8,496 | 33.3% | Available |
| College of Lake County Grayslake, IL | Public | $7,607 | 37.4% | Available |
| College of Southern Nevada Las Vegas, NV | Public | $6,615 | 19.1% | Available |
| Columbia College Vienna, VA | Private for-profit | $10,171 | 80% | Available |
| Community College of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA | Public | $11,911 | 24.4% | Available |
| CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn, NY | Public | $5,606 | 27.6% | Available |
| De Anza College Cupertino, CA | Public | $6,642 | 67.7% | Available |
| Del Mar College Corpus Christi, TX | Public | $3,399 | 11.1% | Available |
| Delaware County Community College Media, PA | Public | $6,576 | 24.1% | Available |
| Eastern Arizona College Thatcher, AZ | Public | $9,197 | 41.9% | Available |
| El Paso Community College El Paso, TX | Public | $3,206 | 24.2% | Available |
| Elgin Community College Elgin, IL | Public | $6,026 | 41.1% | Available |
| Estrella Mountain Community College Avondale, AZ | Public | $12,254 | 32.2% | Available |
| Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI | Public | $8,624 | 46.9% | Available |
| Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua, NY | Public | $13,898 | 30.2% | Available |
| Foothill College Los Altos Hills, CA | Public | $7,653 | 56.4% | Available |
| Fox Valley Technical College Appleton, WI | Public | $11,407 | 64.7% | Available |
| Full Sail University Winter Park, FL | Private for-profit | $38,875 | 44.3% | Available |
| Galveston College Galveston, TX | Public | $8,412 | 32.7% | Available |
| GateWay Community College Phoenix, AZ | Public | $13,339 | 28.8% | Available |
| Gateway Technical College Kenosha, WI | Public | $12,928 | 51.3% | Available |
| Glendale Community College Glendale, AZ | Public | $11,650 | 16% | Available |
| Grossmont College El Cajon, CA | Public | $5,311 | 37.4% | Available |
| Haskell Indian Nations University Lawrence, KS | Public | $3,134 | 18% | Available |
| Hill College Hillsboro, TX | Public | $7,577 | 31.6% | Available |
| Holyoke Community College Holyoke, MA | Public | $8,068 | 29.4% | Available |
| Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Santa Fe, NM | Public | $12,570 | 14.6% | Available |
| Kilgore College Kilgore, TX | Public | $5,364 | 39.2% | Available |
| Lamar State College-Orange Orange, TX | Public | $1,655 | 36.9% | Available |
| Laney College Oakland, CA | Public | $17,110 | 31.2% | Available |
| Lansing Community College Lansing, MI | Public | $5,437 | 25.1% | Available |
| Laredo College Laredo, TX | Public | $5,798 | 30.5% | Available |
| Liberty University Lynchburg, VA | Private nonprofit | $29,357 | 65.3% | Available |
| Linn-Benton Community College Albany, OR | Public | $11,553 | 29% | Available |
| Long Beach City College Long Beach, CA | Public | $6,202 | 29.8% | Available |
| Merritt College Oakland, CA | Public | $14,021 | 26.4% | Available |
| Mesa Community College Mesa, AZ | Public | $12,132 | 15.6% | Available |
| Monroe Community College Rochester, NY | Public | $6,353 | 26.7% | Available |
| Monterey Peninsula College Monterey, CA | Public | $11,373 | 39.7% | Available |
| Nassau Community College Garden City, NY | Public | $7,095 | 23.4% | Available |
| National University San Diego, CA | Private nonprofit | $22,878 | 42.9% | Available |
| Normandale Community College Bloomington, MN | Public | $12,972 | 27% | Available |
| North Hennepin Community College Brooklyn Park, MN | Public | $12,186 | 22.4% | Available |
| Northwest Vista College San Antonio, TX | Public | $4,525 | 32% | Available |
| Odessa College Odessa, TX | Public | $6,368 | 37% | Available |
| Onondaga Community College Syracuse, NY | Public | $8,562 | 27.4% | Available |
| Paradise Valley Community College Phoenix, AZ | Public | $12,180 | 18.9% | Available |
| Paris Junior College Paris, TX | Public | $7,690 | 37.7% | Available |
| Phoenix College Phoenix, AZ | Public | $12,055 | 13.6% | Available |
| Reading Area Community College Reading, PA | Public | $9,228 | 33.6% | Available |
| Rio Salado College Tempe, AZ | Public | $8,341 | 8.5% | Available |
| Saddleback College Mission Viejo, CA | Public | $4,152 | 48% | Available |
| Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City, UT | Public | $9,804 | 29.3% | Available |
| Santa Fe Community College Santa Fe, NM | Public | $11,067 | 23.4% | Available |
| Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ | Public | $13,336 | 17.3% | Available |
| Sinclair Community College Dayton, OH | Public | $5,992 | 41.1% | Available |
| South Mountain Community College Phoenix, AZ | Public | $12,780 | 16.3% | Available |
| Southwestern Michigan College Dowagiac, MI | Public | $5,978 | 37.7% | Available |
| St Charles Community College Cottleville, MO | Public | $5,837 | 24.8% | Available |
| St Philip's College San Antonio, TX | Public | $4,273 | 28.3% | Available |
| Stark State College North Canton, OH | Public | $5,986 | 23% | Available |
| Suffolk County Community College Selden, NY | Public | $5,258 | 28.7% | Available |
| SUNY Adirondack Queensbury, NY | Public | $10,389 | 37% | Available |
| Taylor University Upland, IN | Private nonprofit | $24,865 | 73.8% | Available |
| Temple College Temple, TX | Public | $10,682 | 31.6% | Available |
| Tompkins Cortland Community College Dryden, NY | Public | $12,723 | 25.6% | Available |
| Trevecca Nazarene University Nashville, TN | Private nonprofit | $16,813 | 53.2% | Available |
| Trinity Valley Community College Athens, TX | Public | $4,092 | 27.2% | Available |
| University of Phoenix-Arizona Phoenix, AZ | Private for-profit | $13,520 | 20.8% | Available |
| Warren County Community College Washington, NJ | Public | $5,726 | 38.9% | Available |
| Washtenaw Community College Ann Arbor, MI | Public | $3,249 | 32.9% | Available |