Program Payoff

Appalachian State University

Boone, North Carolina. 12 certificate and associate programs, public. 12 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in North Carolina.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Geography and Cartography Undergraduate certificate $17,558 not published $141,160
Managers, All Other
Business Administration, Management and Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $101,950
General and Operations Managers
Computer Science Undergraduate certificate not published $134,710
Software Developers
Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $72,070
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $50,030
Interpreters and Translators
Finance and Financial Management Services Undergraduate certificate not published $101,950
General and Operations Managers
International/Globalization Studies Undergraduate certificate not published
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Undergraduate certificate not published $74,240
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General Undergraduate certificate not published
Security Science and Technology Undergraduate certificate not published $82,050
Accountants and Auditors
Statistics Undergraduate certificate not published $119,090
Data Scientists
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas Undergraduate certificate not published $54,930
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.