Clark State College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Public college
- Springfield, OH
- 3,456 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
6 Clark State College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($63,620), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($24,049). The median program pays $36,243. Clark 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 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 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.
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 Ohio" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Ohio.
Program names link to the program's own page, and Ohio ranks link to the full ranking for the field.
Quick picks: associate's programs
Highest first-year pay
- Nursing$63,620
- Medical Laboratory Science$46,003
- Business Administration$37,121
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting$35,365
- Social Work$29,981
Lowest median debt
- Liberal Arts and General Studies$14,260
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting$21,084
- Business Administration$22,943
- Social Work$25,631
- Nursing$27,000
Largest programs
- Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 172 graduates a year
- NursingAbout 118 graduates a year
- Business AdministrationAbout 30 graduates a year
- Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 22 graduates a year
- Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 13 graduates a year
Common questions
Nursing graduates earn a median of $63,620 in their first year, the most of 6 Clark State College associate's programs that report pay.
Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $14,260 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Clark State College associate's programs that report debt.
In-state tuition and fees are $4,393 a year, and $8,049 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $12,135 a year.
6 associate's programs and one certificate program at Clark State College report first-year pay, and 6 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 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