Amarillo College

Amarillo, Texas

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • City
  • 7,399 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Agriculture and horticulture

  • Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
  • Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113

Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic

  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 222 finishedGraduates here earned $40,831 a year after finishingNationally: $43,278
  • Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 27 finishedGraduates here earned $45,642 a year after finishingNationally: $48,683

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 57 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
  • Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694

Computers and IT

  • Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 127 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
  • Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 34 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248

Dental assisting and hygiene

  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 24 finishedGraduates here earned $70,059 a year after finishingNationally: $62,279

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 44 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 110 finishedGraduates here earned $61,082 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 86 finishedGraduates here earned $61,781 a year after finishingNationally: $55,608
  • Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 22 finishedGraduates here earned $66,414 a year after finishingNationally: $63,073
  • Construction Engineering Technology/TechnicianCertificate · 20 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $51,213
  • Construction Engineering Technology/TechnicianAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $60,261
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077

Graphic and applied design

  • Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
  • Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578

Massage therapy

  • Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,959

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 16 finishedGraduates here earned $35,234 a year after finishingNationally: $32,268
  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 24 finishedGraduates here earned $37,614 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369

Paralegal

  • Legal Support ServicesCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
  • Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 22 finishedGraduates here earned $56,190 a year after finishingNationally: $55,215
  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 51 finishedGraduates here earned $40,516 a year after finishingNationally: $40,997
  • Fire ProtectionCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
  • Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 24 finishedGraduates here earned $46,110 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 179 finishedGraduates here earned $71,442 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149

Truck and bus driving

  • Ground TransportationCertificate · 108 finishedGraduates here earned $53,947 a year after finishingNationally: $49,738

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 62 finishedGraduates here earned $34,977 a year after finishingNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (28)
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 8 finishedNationally: $27,737
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $29,515
  • Biology, GeneralAssociate degree · 30 finishedNationally: $33,380
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 82 finishedGraduates here earned $36,828 a year afterNationally: $44,510
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 145 finishedGraduates here earned $36,433 a year afterNationally: $41,208
  • ChemistryAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $36,707
  • Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $33,346
  • Computer EngineeringAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $40,136
  • Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $22,567
  • Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 22 finishedNationally: $47,691
  • English Language and Literature, GeneralAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $27,003
  • Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $29,024
  • Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $28,195
  • Finance and Financial Management ServicesCertificate · 6 finishedNationally: $51,339
  • Fine and Studio ArtsAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $24,176
  • Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceCertificateNationally: $41,782
  • Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceAssociate degreeNationally: $45,311
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 18 finishedNationally: $38,650
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 342 finishedGraduates here earned $30,064 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • MathematicsAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $36,826
  • MusicAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $26,345
  • Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $36,701
  • PhysicsAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $35,965
  • Psychology, GeneralAssociate degree · 76 finishedGraduates here earned $33,652 a year afterNationally: $30,994
  • Rehabilitation and Therapeutic ProfessionsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $37,810
  • Religion/Religious StudiesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $44,435
  • Social Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 12 finishedNationally: $33,090
  • Social WorkAssociate degreeNationally: $34,827
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$8,540$30–48k$8,963$48–75k$8,822$75–110k$9,894Over $110kNot reportedSource: College Scorecard
Average net price
$8,580per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$15,666sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$2,136Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
12%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
35%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$39,4916 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$44,82010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$12,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard

Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Amarillo College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 5, 2026.

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