Which Southern Careers Institute-Austin certificate program has the lowest debt?

Office Administration graduates leave with a median of $6,861 in federal loans, the lowest among 10 Southern Careers Institute-Austin certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Southern Careers Institute-Austin cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $18,450 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $25,660.

How many Southern Careers Institute-Austin programs report graduate pay?

10 certificate programs at Southern Careers Institute-Austin report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Southern Careers Institute-Austin Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private for-profit school
Austin, TX
746 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Southern Careers Institute-Austin certificate programs report what graduates earn. Computer and Information Science pays the most in the first year ($52,079), and Cosmetology the least ($15,634). The median program pays $23,045.

Tuition for the largest program$18,450Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$25,660After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate53%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 10 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Texas" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Texas. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Texas
1	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 88 graduates a year	$52,079	Not reported	$10,076	1st of 2
2	Environmental Control TechnologyAbout 47 graduates a year	$32,421	$36,986	$9,500	3rd of 4
3	Software and Media ApplicationsAbout 100 graduates a year	$31,841	Not reported	$10,110	2nd of 2
4	Welding and MachiningAbout 89 graduates a year	$25,077	$32,672	$7,125	16th of 20
5	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 117 graduates a year	$23,883	$27,465	$9,500	13th of 20
6	Information TechnologyAbout 104 graduates a year	$22,206	$31,668	$7,125	2nd of 2
7	AccountingAbout 1 graduates a year	$22,081	$27,062	$8,507	5th of 5
8	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 55 graduates a year	$21,645	$27,409	$9,500	19th of 23
9	Office AdministrationAbout 35 graduates a year	$18,214	$21,361	$6,861	3rd of 4
10	CosmetologyGraduates a year not reported	$15,634	$15,546	$8,394	45th of 78

Program names link to the program's own page, and Texas ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Texas programs in the field do too.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer and Information Science$52,079
Environmental Control Technology$32,421
Software and Media Applications$31,841
Welding and Machining$25,077
Health and Medical Administration$23,883

Lowest median debt

Office Administration$6,861
Welding and Machining$7,125
Information Technology$7,125
Cosmetology$8,394
Accounting$8,507

Largest programs

Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 117 graduates a year
Information TechnologyAbout 104 graduates a year
Software and Media ApplicationsAbout 100 graduates a year
Welding and MachiningAbout 89 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 88 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer and Information Science graduates earn a median of $52,079 in their first year, the most of 10 Southern Careers Institute-Austin certificate programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
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 rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels