Houston City College Computer Networking (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
- Public college
- Houston, TX
- About 89 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release ยท BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Houston City College computer networking graduates earn about what computer networking graduates earn nationally, $42,875 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $18,862 in federal loans, close to the national median of $17,908. One other Texas program reports higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Texas and national columns are the medians across all computer networking associate's programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every Texas computer networking program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Texas medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $200 a month, or 5.6% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
97% of graduates (29 of 30) were working in Texas one year after graduating. Prices in the Houston area are about 1% below the national average, so a $42,875 salary here buys what about $43,471 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to computer networking, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Software Developers
$132,150Median pay in Texas. 163,880 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 10% from 2025 to 2035, with about 95,300 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Computer and Information Systems Managers
$171,530Median pay in Texas. 73,060 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 16% from 2025 to 2035, with about 53,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus 5 years or more of related work experience.
Computer Systems Analysts
$107,390Median pay in Texas. 47,990 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 8% from 2025 to 2035, with about 32,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Information Security Analysts
$129,890Median pay in Texas. 16,130 people work in this job in Texas. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 21% from 2025 to 2035, with about 14,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
About Houston City College
Computer Networking ranks 9th of 19 associate's programs at Houston City College by first-year earnings. The top three are Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($67,098), Nursing ($66,743), and Engineering Science ($61,518).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $42,875 one year after graduating. The median across computer networking associate's programs in Texas is $38,255.
The median federal loan balance is $18,862, which ranks 3rd lowest of 5 computer networking associate's programs in Texas. That works out to about $200 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 44% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 42%. Compare the cost with other Texas programs before deciding.
Most do. 97% (29 of 30) were working in Texas one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Texas comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the computer networking program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024