Antelope Valley Community College District Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Public college
- Lancaster, CA
- 11,534 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
6 Antelope Valley Community College District associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($89,234), and Social Sciences the least ($24,052). The median program pays $44,267. Antelope Valley Community College District also has one certificate program that reports pay.
All 6 associate's programs, ranked
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across California. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.
Program names link to the program's own page, and California 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 California programs in the field do too.
4 more associate's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.
One certificate program
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across California.
Quick picks: associate's programs
Highest first-year pay
- Nursing$89,234
- Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$64,230
- Industrial Technology$60,323
- Criminal Justice$28,211
- Business Administration$26,096
Lowest median debt
- Criminal Justice$9,970
- Business Administration$10,625
- Nursing$11,416
- Social Sciences$12,711
- Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$12,729
Largest programs
- Social SciencesAbout 332 graduates a year
- Business AdministrationAbout 120 graduates a year
- Criminal JusticeAbout 119 graduates a year
- NursingAbout 70 graduates a year
- Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 28 graduates a year
Common questions
Nursing graduates earn a median of $89,234 in their first year, the most of 6 Antelope Valley Community College District associate's programs that report pay.
Criminal Justice graduates leave with a median of $9,970 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Antelope Valley Community College District associate's programs that report debt.
In-state tuition and fees are $1,124 a year, and $9,548 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $3,860 a year.
6 associate's programs and one certificate program at Antelope Valley Community College District report first-year pay, and 6 of them also report federal debt.
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 California 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