College of Southern Maryland
La Plata, Maryland
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Rural
- 4,512 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.
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 39 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,746
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 17 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 26 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 41 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer ProgrammingCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,650
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementCertificate · 55 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 50 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, OtherCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,889
- Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,755
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
Massage therapy
- Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,959
- Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,155
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,268
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,215
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 13 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 104 finishedGraduates here earned $79,194 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Truck and bus driving
- Ground TransportationCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,738
Other programs (24)
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 56 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 23 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $54,610
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 54 finishedGraduates here earned $43,762 a year afterNationally: $40,381
- Communication and Media StudiesAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $33,346
- Computer EngineeringAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $40,136
- Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $28,911
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $43,427
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 22 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Film/Video and Photographic ArtsCertificate · 4 finishedNationally: $29,024
- Film/Video and Photographic ArtsAssociate degree · 4 finishedNationally: $28,195
- Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $36,179
- Homeland SecurityAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $45,677
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $37,255
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 276 finishedGraduates here earned $32,652 a year afterNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 305 finishedGraduates here earned $38,034 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 19 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $38,048
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, GeneralAssociate degree · 10 finishedNationally: $38,629
- Natural Resources Conservation and ResearchAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $36,701
- Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $27,637
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $28,258
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $32,424
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $7,620per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $12,619sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,200Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 45%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 32%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $42,8196 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $49,50410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $11,650federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 26%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 36%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
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Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for College of Southern Maryland, 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 6, 2026.
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