Howard Community College
Columbia, Maryland
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 6,649 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 · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,572
- Building/Construction Finishing, Management, and InspectionAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,746
Child care and early education
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,174
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $29,763
Clinical lab technician
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,694
Computers and IT
- Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 36 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,930
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degreeEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Culinary arts
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
- Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674
Dental assisting and hygiene
- Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,279
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,124
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 49 finishedGraduates here earned $75,769 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169
Engineering technology
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $55,608
- Electromechanical Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,073
- Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893
- Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,933
- Computer Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,794
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
- Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,077
- Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, OtherCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,889
- Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,755
Graphic and applied design
- Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
Medical assisting and pharmacy tech
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedGraduates here earned $56,547 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Police, fire and corrections
- Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 160 finishedGraduates here earned $77,590 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (24)
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $35,863
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $27,737
- Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $29,515
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $44,510
- Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $41,208
- Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 51 finishedGraduates here earned $33,796 a year afterNationally: $40,381
- Communication and Media StudiesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $35,276
- Computer EngineeringAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $40,136
- Education, GeneralAssociate degree · 11 finishedNationally: $28,911
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications EngineeringAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $43,427
- Engineering, GeneralAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $47,691
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $35,157
- Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,933
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 635 finishedGraduates here earned $33,095 a year afterNationally: $34,134
- Management Information Systems and ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $57,331
- Management Information Systems and ServicesAssociate degree · 49 finishedNationally: $44,556
- Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsCertificate · 3 finishedNationally: $66,894
- Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,294
- Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, OtherCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $42,391
- Public HealthAssociate degree · 13 finishedNationally: $36,417
- Security Science and TechnologyCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $45,055
- Special Education and TeachingCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $42,428
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $22,303
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $11,875per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $18,669sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,146Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 5%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 24%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $42,0976 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $53,22710 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $14,250federal 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 Howard Community 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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