Which BMCC associate's program has the lowest debt?

Sociology graduates leave with a median of $5,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 19 BMCC associate's programs that report debt.

How much does BMCC cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,170 a year, and $8,050 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $4,976 a year.

How many BMCC programs report graduate pay?

21 associate's programs at BMCC report first-year pay, and 19 of them also report federal debt.

BMCC Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College
Public college
New York, NY
18,623 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

21 BMCC associate's programs report what graduates earn. Diagnostic and Treatment Professions pays the most in the first year ($100,611), and Visual and Performing Arts the least ($9,376). The median program pays $24,207.

In-state tuition and fees$5,170Per year. Out-of-state $8,050

Average net price after aid$4,976Per year

Graduation rate25%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 21 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across New York. 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 New York
1	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 43 graduates a year	$100,611	$112,334	$13,900	1st of 22
2	NursingAbout 149 graduates a year	$86,295	$105,010	$15,990	7th of 45
3	Community Organization and AdvocacyAbout 98 graduates a year	$33,854	$47,817	$7,860	2nd of 4
4	AccountingAbout 103 graduates a year	$30,942	$47,030	$10,197	6th of 11
5	EngineeringAbout 40 graduates a year	$30,518	$63,905	Not reported	1st of 1
6	Business AdministrationAbout 437 graduates a year	$28,526	$46,845	$8,513	21st of 32
7	Physical SciencesAbout 63 graduates a year	$26,948	$40,593	$9,000	2nd of 4
8	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 82 graduates a year	$26,582	$56,137	$9,500	4th of 6
9	CommunicationsAbout 45 graduates a year	$26,437	$35,617	$8,643	4th of 6
10	Criminal JusticeAbout 331 graduates a year	$25,302	$49,837	$6,500	33rd of 34
11	EnglishAbout 32 graduates a year	$24,207	$24,609	$5,700	1st of 1
12	Teaching Assistant TrainingAbout 126 graduates a year	$23,672	$37,425	$9,500	3rd of 4
13	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 592 graduates a year	$23,669	$38,920	$8,057	22nd of 46
14	Graphic CommunicationsAbout 77 graduates a year	$23,319	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 3
15	Health SciencesAbout 152 graduates a year	$22,909	Not reported	$6,442	6th of 6
16	Software and Media ApplicationsAbout 55 graduates a year	$20,919	$31,407	$6,214	2nd of 3
17	Audiovisual TechnologyAbout 65 graduates a year	$18,929	$32,015	$10,250	3rd of 3
18	PsychologyAbout 300 graduates a year	$18,867	Not reported	$6,416	4th of 4
19	SociologyAbout 23 graduates a year	$16,893	Not reported	$5,500	1st of 1
20	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 59 graduates a year	$13,559	Not reported	$9,500	3rd of 3
21	Visual and Performing ArtsAbout 28 graduates a year	$9,376	Not reported	$11,000	3rd of 3

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$100,611
Nursing$86,295
Community Organization and Advocacy$33,854
Accounting$30,942
Engineering$30,518

Lowest median debt

Sociology$5,500
English$5,700
Software and Media Applications$6,214
Psychology$6,416
Health Sciences$6,442

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 592 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 437 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 331 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 300 graduates a year
Health SciencesAbout 152 graduates a year

Common questions

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions graduates earn a median of $100,611 in their first year, the most of 21 BMCC 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 New York 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