Which Bristol Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Criminal Justice graduates leave with a median of $6,700 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Bristol Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Bristol Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,832 a year, and $10,776 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $5,547 a year.

How many Bristol Community College programs report graduate pay?

9 associate's programs at Bristol Community College report first-year pay, and 7 of them also report federal debt.

Bristol Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Fall River, MA
6,083 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

9 Bristol Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($70,855), and Teacher Education the least ($21,738). The median program pays $34,193.

In-state tuition and fees$5,832Per year. Out-of-state $10,776

Average net price after aid$5,547Per year

Graduation rate22%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 9 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Massachusetts" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts
1	NursingAbout 74 graduates a year	$70,855	$76,781	$14,125	14th of 17
2	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 22 graduates a year	$48,308	$54,619	Not reported	6th of 6
3	Criminal JusticeAbout 30 graduates a year	$36,706	$49,214	$6,700	9th of 11
4	BusinessAbout 36 graduates a year	$35,815	$50,722	$7,480	3rd of 4
5	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 35 graduates a year	$34,193	$52,200	$8,780	2nd of 2
6	Business AdministrationAbout 56 graduates a year	$32,452	$58,265	$8,628	9th of 10
7	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 289 graduates a year	$31,206	$39,414	$8,250	8th of 14
8	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 12 graduates a year	$29,802	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 3
9	Teacher EducationAbout 25 graduates a year	$21,738	$33,550	$7,788	7th of 7

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$70,855
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$48,308
Criminal Justice$36,706
Business$35,815
Computer and Information Science$34,193

Lowest median debt

Criminal Justice$6,700
Business$7,480
Teacher Education$7,788
Liberal Arts and General Studies$8,250
Business Administration$8,628

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 289 graduates a year
NursingAbout 74 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 56 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 36 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 35 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $70,855 in their first year, the most of 9 Bristol Community 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 Massachusetts 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