Associate's · Arnold, Maryland
Is Business/Commerce, General at Anne Arundel Community College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $49,306
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $19k (likely $19k – $26k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $11k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MD
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.6 years (likely 1.2–17.2)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $935 (likely −$103k – $120k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $118k (likely −$87k – $377k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 26%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$131,605
- Engineering, General (Associate's)$82,161
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Undergraduate certificate)$72,488
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$67,675
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Undergraduate certificate)$63,253
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's)$62,942
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (Associate's)$53,984
- Legal Support Services (Undergraduate certificate)$52,499
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's)$48,089
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Undergraduate certificate)$42,525
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$38,583
Business/Commerce, General at other schools in Maryland
- Montgomery College$69,485
- College of Southern Maryland$62,074
- Harford Community College$60,346
- Strayer University-Maryland$59,021
- Prince George's Community College$58,987
- Hagerstown Community College$54,945
- Frederick Community College$54,249
- Carroll Community College$53,339
- Howard Community College$52,569
- Baltimore City Community College$51,408