How much does Big Sandy Community and Technical College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,728 a year, and $6,432 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $3,873 a year.

How many Big Sandy Community and Technical College programs report graduate pay?

6 associate's programs and 3 certificate programs at Big Sandy Community and Technical College report first-year pay, and 4 of them also report federal debt.

Big Sandy Community and Technical College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: Which Big Sandy Community and Technical College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $8,129 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Big Sandy Community and Technical College associate's programs that report debt.

Public college
Prestonsburg, KY
1,604 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

6 Big Sandy Community and Technical College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($65,735), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($22,504). The median program pays $30,774. Big Sandy Community and Technical College also has 3 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$4,728Per year. Out-of-state $6,432

Average net price after aid$3,873Per year

Graduation rate38%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 6 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kentucky" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Kentucky. 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 Kentucky
1	NursingAbout 40 graduates a year	$65,735	$68,496	$17,550	10th of 26
2	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 15 graduates a year	$45,951	$33,623	Not reported	2nd of 2
3	Electrician TrainingAbout 28 graduates a year	$32,115	Not reported	$10,250	3rd of 4
4	Criminal JusticeAbout 5 graduates a year	$29,432	$46,379	Not reported	2nd of 2
5	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 10 graduates a year	$24,989	$27,699	Not reported	8th of 11
6	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 188 graduates a year	$22,504	$33,017	$8,129	19th of 19

Program names link to the program's own page, and Kentucky 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 Kentucky programs in the field do too.

2 more associate's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

All 3 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kentucky" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Kentucky. 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 Kentucky
1	Electrical Engineering TechnologyAbout 12 graduates a year	$31,217	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 3
2	Electrician TrainingAbout 223 graduates a year	$31,178	$53,561	$9,000	7th of 8
3	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 52 graduates a year	$22,480	Not reported	Not reported	13th of 15

3 more certificate programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$65,735
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$45,951
Electrician Training$32,115
Criminal Justice$29,432
Health and Medical Administration$24,989

Lowest median debt

Liberal Arts and General Studies$8,129
Electrician Training$10,250
Nursing$17,550

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 188 graduates a year
NursingAbout 40 graduates a year
Electrician TrainingAbout 28 graduates a year
Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 15 graduates a year
Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 10 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $65,735 in their first year, the most of 6 Big Sandy Community and Technical College associate's 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 Kentucky 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