Carl Albert State College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Public college
- Poteau, OK
- 1,308 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
6 Carl Albert State College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($69,264), and Human Development and Family Studies the least ($24,517). The median program pays $26,461. Carl Albert State College 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 Oklahoma" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Oklahoma. 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 Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma programs in the field do too.
One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.
One certificate program
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Oklahoma" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Oklahoma.
Quick picks: associate's programs
Highest first-year pay
- Nursing$69,264
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting$38,303
- Liberal Arts and General Studies$26,648
- Business Administration$26,274
- Health Sciences$25,131
Lowest median debt
- Liberal Arts and General Studies$9,000
- Human Development and Family Studies$9,125
- Business Administration$10,568
- Health Sciences$10,738
- Nursing$13,625
Largest programs
- Health SciencesAbout 62 graduates a year
- Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 52 graduates a year
- Business AdministrationAbout 40 graduates a year
- NursingAbout 34 graduates a year
- Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 26 graduates a year
Common questions
Nursing graduates earn a median of $69,264 in their first year, the most of 6 Carl Albert State College associate's programs that report pay.
Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $9,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Carl Albert State College associate's programs that report debt.
In-state tuition and fees are $4,380 a year, and $9,098 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $14,607 a year.
6 associate's programs and one certificate program at Carl Albert State College report first-year pay, and 5 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 Oklahoma 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