Central Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Public college
- Grand Island, NE
- 3,353 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
8 Central Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($64,945), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($26,198). The median program pays $41,388.
All 8 associate's programs, ranked
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Nebraska" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Nebraska. 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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska programs in the field do too.
One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.
Quick picks
Highest first-year pay
- Nursing$64,945
- Dental Hygiene and Assisting$53,860
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$46,758
- Health and Medical Administration$43,366
- Welding and Machining$39,409
Lowest median debt
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$5,500
- Welding and Machining$5,500
- Business Administration$7,902
- Liberal Arts and General Studies$8,313
- Dental Hygiene and Assisting$11,000
Largest programs
- Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 194 graduates a year
- Business AdministrationAbout 72 graduates a year
- Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 51 graduates a year
- Welding and MachiningAbout 50 graduates a year
- NursingAbout 46 graduates a year
Common questions
Nursing graduates earn a median of $64,945 in their first year, the most of 8 Central Community College associate's programs that report pay.
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair and Welding and Machining graduates leave with a median of $5,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 Central Community College associate's programs that report debt.
In-state tuition and fees are $3,360 a year, and $4,800 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $7,024 a year.
8 associate's programs at Central Community College report first-year pay, and all 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 Nebraska 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