Which Coalinga College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Public Health graduates leave with a median of $6,517 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Coalinga College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Coalinga College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $1,384 a year, and $10,954 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $10,477 a year.

How many Coalinga College programs report graduate pay?

7 associate's programs and 3 certificate programs at Coalinga College report first-year pay, and 9 of them also report federal debt.

Coalinga College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Coalinga, CA
2,522 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Coalinga College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($99,984), and Psychology the least ($16,139). The median program pays $30,315. Coalinga College also has 3 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$1,384Per year. Out-of-state $10,954

Average net price after aid$10,477Per year

Graduation rate43%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 7 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across California. 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 California
1	NursingGraduates a year not reported	$99,984	$109,745	$13,350	16th of 53
2	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 11 graduates a year	$72,116	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 3
3	Business AdministrationAbout 26 graduates a year	$31,708	Not reported	$12,000	7th of 22
4	Criminal JusticeAbout 21 graduates a year	$30,315	Not reported	$9,331	12th of 21
5	Public HealthGraduates a year not reported	$29,951	$64,861	$6,517	2nd of 2
6	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 164 graduates a year	$23,307	$37,050	$9,500	20th of 25
7	PsychologyAbout 15 graduates a year	$16,139	Not reported	$8,000	10th of 10

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

All 3 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across California. 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 California
1	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 13 graduates a year	$71,517	$70,740	$11,750	1st of 5
2	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 308 graduates a year	$23,409	$39,212	$9,331	15th of 20
3	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 75 graduates a year	$18,810	$32,010	$9,500	3rd of 4

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$99,984
Mental Health and Addiction Services$72,116
Business Administration$31,708
Criminal Justice$30,315
Public Health$29,951

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 164 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 26 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 21 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 15 graduates a year
Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 11 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $99,984 in their first year, the most of 7 Coalinga 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 California 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