Basic Skills and Developmental/Remedial Education: earnings, debt, and careers

CIP 32.01. Official graduate outcomes from the U.S. Department of Education across 30 programs, and the careers this field is linked to.

Graduate earnings by credential level

National earnings of Basic Skills and Developmental/Remedial Education graduates who were working and not enrolled one year after completing, by credential. Undergraduate certificate: median $29,568. The bar spans the 25th to 75th percentile, the thin line spans the 10th to 90th percentile, and the red mark is the median.

Credential	Programs	Median earnings, 1 yr	Median earnings, 4 yrs	Typical program median debt
Undergraduate certificate	17	$29,568	$38,011	$8,479 3 programs
Associate's degree	4	Data unavailable	$70,709	Data unavailable
Bachelor's degree	3	Data unavailable	Data unavailable	Data unavailable
Post-baccalaureate certificate	1	Data unavailable	Data unavailable	Data unavailable
Master's degree	2	Data unavailable	$35,658	Data unavailable
Graduate certificate	3	Data unavailable	Data unavailable	Data unavailable

National earnings are published by the Department of Education for each field and credential level Verified data. Typical program median debt is ConnectPrep's calculation: the median across programs of each program's median federal debt Calculated estimate. It covers federal loans only.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.

Undergraduate certificate programs with the highest early earnings

School	Median earnings, 1 yr	Median earnings, 4 yrs	Median debt
Northeast State Community College TN · Public · 40 graduates measured	$84,230	$96,196	$7,678
Diversified Vocational College CA · Private, for-profit · 50 graduates measured	$21,065	$21,977	Data unavailable
Sinclair Community College OH · Public · 31 graduates measured	$17,207	Data unavailable	$8,479

Ranked by published median earnings one year after completion. Programs with suppressed earnings do not appear, so this is not a ranking of program quality.

Careers linked to Basic Skills and Developmental/Remedial Education

Data unavailable No occupations are mapped to this field in the official crosswalk.

Occupations mapped to this field in the NCES and BLS CIP to SOC crosswalk. Occupation wages describe all workers, not recent graduates.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 Crosswalk. CIP 2020 and SOC 2018 taxonomies. Published April 30, 2020. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, National. May 2025 reference period. Published April 30, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections, Table 1.2: Occupational projections, 2025-35, and worker characteristics, 2025. Base year 2025, projected year 2035. Published August 27, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.

Detailed CIP codes in this field (10)

32.0101 Basic Skills and Developmental/Remedial Education, General
32.0104 Developmental/Remedial Mathematics
32.0105 Job-Seeking/Changing Skills
32.0107 Career Exploration/Awareness Skills
32.0108 Developmental/Remedial English
32.0109 Second Language Learning
32.0110 Basic Computer Skills
32.0111 Workforce Development and Training
32.0112 Accent Reduction/Modification
32.0199 Basic Skills and Developmental/Remedial Education, Other