How much does Cincinnati State Technical and Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,517 a year, and $10,044 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $4,968 a year.

Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

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

Fire Science graduates leave with a median of $6,125 in federal loans, the lowest among 19 Cincinnati State Technical and Community College associate's programs that report debt.

Q: How many Cincinnati State Technical and Community College programs report graduate pay?

19 associate's programs and 3 certificate programs at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Public college
Cincinnati, OH
5,667 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

19 Cincinnati State Technical and Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Fire Science pays the most in the first year ($91,944), and Audiovisual Technology the least ($27,936). The median program pays $45,389. Cincinnati State Technical and Community College also has 3 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$5,517Per year. Out-of-state $10,044

Average net price after aid$4,968Per year

Graduation rate16%Within 6 years

All 19 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Ohio" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Ohio. 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 Ohio
1	Fire ScienceAbout 7 graduates a year	$91,944	Not reported	$6,125	1st of 1
2	NursingAbout 123 graduates a year	$68,156	$68,946	$26,903	4th of 33
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 49 graduates a year	$65,094	$59,439	$22,336	1st of 22
4	Electromechanical TechnologyAbout 23 graduates a year	$61,788	$73,884	$11,000	1st of 2
5	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 14 graduates a year	$59,337	$66,662	$19,388	1st of 6
6	Computer Engineering TechnologyAbout 27 graduates a year	$56,504	Not reported	$17,246	1st of 2
7	Computer ProgrammingAbout 39 graduates a year	$55,996	$80,893	$12,736	1st of 3
8	Civil Engineering TechnologyAbout 19 graduates a year	$50,612	$75,827	$20,721	1st of 1
9	Mechanical Engineering TechnologyAbout 32 graduates a year	$45,873	$72,185	$15,017	4th of 5
10	Business AdministrationAbout 88 graduates a year	$45,389	$49,138	$16,689	3rd of 15
11	Information TechnologyAbout 18 graduates a year	$42,452	$61,147	$20,167	1st of 2
12	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 18 graduates a year	$41,891	$41,522	$22,525	1st of 17
13	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 12 graduates a year	$38,948	$44,567	$29,116	2nd of 7
14	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 140 graduates a year	$36,647	$42,475	$15,338	4th of 19
15	Culinary ArtsAbout 29 graduates a year	$36,330	$38,302	$12,145	1st of 2
16	AccountingAbout 23 graduates a year	$35,703	$57,028	$18,516	3rd of 5
17	MarketingAbout 8 graduates a year	$32,668	Not reported	$18,341	1st of 1
18	Teacher EducationAbout 22 graduates a year	$30,102	$26,975	$20,710	2nd of 6
19	Audiovisual TechnologyAbout 18 graduates a year	$27,936	Not reported	$13,511	1st of 3

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

All 3 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Ohio" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Ohio. 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 Ohio
1	Practical NursingAbout 191 graduates a year	$53,908	$52,142	$21,438	1st of 41
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 85 graduates a year	$48,283	Not reported	$11,000	7th of 15
3	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 13 graduates a year	$29,883	Not reported	$17,477	1st of 2

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

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Fire Science$91,944
Nursing$68,156
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$65,094
Electromechanical Technology$61,788
Medical Laboratory Science$59,337

Lowest median debt

Fire Science$6,125
Electromechanical Technology$11,000
Culinary Arts$12,145
Computer Programming$12,736
Audiovisual Technology$13,511

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 140 graduates a year
NursingAbout 123 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 88 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 49 graduates a year
Computer ProgrammingAbout 39 graduates a year

Common questions

Fire Science graduates earn a median of $91,944 in their first year, the most of 19 Cincinnati State Technical and 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 Ohio 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