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

Hospitality Management graduates leave with a median of $5,461 in federal loans, the lowest among 13 LaGuardia Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does LaGuardia Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,218 a year, and $8,098 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $6,120 a year.

How many LaGuardia Community College programs report graduate pay?

20 associate's programs and one certificate program at LaGuardia Community College report first-year pay, and 14 of them also report federal debt.

LaGuardia Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

CUNY LaGuardia Community College
Public college
Long Island City, NY
11,254 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

20 LaGuardia Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($75,260), and Design and Applied Arts the least ($13,554). The median program pays $25,202. LaGuardia Community College also has one certificate program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$5,218Per year. Out-of-state $8,098

Average net price after aid$6,120Per year

Graduation rate24%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 20 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	NursingAbout 81 graduates a year	$75,260	$112,905	$10,632	21st of 45
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 27 graduates a year	$68,603	$105,324	Not reported	8th of 22
3	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 14 graduates a year	$50,281	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 5
4	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 63 graduates a year	$40,463	$49,226	$19,125	6th of 25
5	Paralegal StudiesAbout 19 graduates a year	$36,358	$41,174	Not reported	1st of 4
6	Business AdministrationAbout 270 graduates a year	$29,953	$44,487	$8,250	17th of 32
7	Audiovisual TechnologyAbout 24 graduates a year	$29,299	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 3
8	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 60 graduates a year	$28,402	$44,115	$7,709	4th of 4
9	Hospitality ManagementAbout 79 graduates a year	$27,031	$36,679	$5,461	3rd of 4
10	Criminal JusticeAbout 150 graduates a year	$25,515	$43,643	$6,750	32nd of 34
11	Computer ScienceAbout 77 graduates a year	$24,888	$62,633	$8,750	1st of 1
12	PsychologyAbout 139 graduates a year	$24,052	$45,078	$8,272	2nd of 4
13	CommunicationsAbout 26 graduates a year	$23,307	$36,514	$8,511	5th of 6
14	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 136 graduates a year	$21,713	$39,896	$5,500	37th of 46
15	AccountingAbout 101 graduates a year	$20,436	$45,254	$6,553	11th of 11
16	Physical SciencesAbout 104 graduates a year	$19,815	$47,678	$7,500	4th of 4
17	TheatreAbout 17 graduates a year	$15,314	$31,640	Not reported	2nd of 3
18	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 47 graduates a year	$14,920	$20,322	$8,750	2nd of 3
19	Software and Media ApplicationsAbout 36 graduates a year	$14,786	$24,267	Not reported	3rd of 3
20	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 19 graduates a year	$13,554	$21,605	Not reported	9th of 10

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.

One certificate program

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across New York.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
Practical NursingAbout 32 graduates a year	$56,230	$68,475	$12,256	4th of 33

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$75,260
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$68,603
Veterinary Technology$50,281
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$40,463
Paralegal Studies$36,358

Lowest median debt

Hospitality Management$5,461
Liberal Arts and General Studies$5,500
Accounting$6,553
Criminal Justice$6,750
Physical Sciences$7,500

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 270 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 150 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 139 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 136 graduates a year
Physical SciencesAbout 104 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $75,260 in their first year, the most of 20 LaGuardia 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 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