Which Community College of Philadelphia associate's program has the lowest debt?

Computer and Information Science graduates leave with a median of $11,375 in federal loans, the lowest among 12 Community College of Philadelphia associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Community College of Philadelphia cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $4,632 a year, and $12,744 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $11,911 a year.

How many Community College of Philadelphia programs report graduate pay?

13 associate's programs at Community College of Philadelphia report first-year pay, and 12 of them also report federal debt.

Community College of Philadelphia Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Philadelphia, PA
11,948 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

13 Community College of Philadelphia associate's programs report what graduates earn. Medical Laboratory Science pays the most in the first year ($74,011), and Computer and Information Science the least ($21,223). The median program pays $32,697.

In-district tuition and fees$4,632Per year. Out-of-state $12,744

Average net price after aid$11,911Per year

Graduation rate24%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 13 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania
1	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 18 graduates a year	$74,011	$59,431	Not reported	1st of 4
2	NursingAbout 121 graduates a year	$63,953	$89,117	$25,750	13th of 17
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 37 graduates a year	$59,791	$77,211	$22,760	5th of 19
4	BusinessAbout 205 graduates a year	$35,122	$47,815	$13,437	6th of 9
5	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 19 graduates a year	$34,849	$53,771	$18,926	7th of 8
6	Criminal JusticeAbout 70 graduates a year	$34,224	$45,761	$14,250	5th of 12
7	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 208 graduates a year	$32,697	$44,136	$14,000	3rd of 18
8	Health SciencesAbout 311 graduates a year	$31,447	Not reported	$13,313	2nd of 3
9	Teacher EducationAbout 70 graduates a year	$28,805	$36,481	$14,000	2nd of 7
10	PsychologyAbout 83 graduates a year	$28,034	$39,730	$13,838	2nd of 3
11	Human ServicesAbout 35 graduates a year	$24,893	$42,554	$18,242	3rd of 3
12	CommunicationsAbout 29 graduates a year	$24,794	$36,157	$14,000	2nd of 2
13	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 95 graduates a year	$21,223	$49,863	$11,375	2nd of 2

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

3 more associate's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Medical Laboratory Science$74,011
Nursing$63,953
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$59,791
Business$35,122
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$34,849

Lowest median debt

Computer and Information Science$11,375
Health Sciences$13,313
Business$13,437
Psychology$13,838
Liberal Arts and General Studies$14,000

Largest programs

Health SciencesAbout 311 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 208 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 205 graduates a year
NursingAbout 121 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 95 graduates a year

Common questions

Medical Laboratory Science graduates earn a median of $74,011 in their first year, the most of 13 Community College of Philadelphia 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 Pennsylvania 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