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

Criminal Justice graduates leave with a median of $7,149 in federal loans, the lowest among 12 Cuyahoga Community College District associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Cuyahoga Community College District cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $3,249 a year, and $7,249 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $4,266 a year.

How many Cuyahoga Community College District programs report graduate pay?

16 associate's programs and one certificate program at Cuyahoga Community College District report first-year pay, and 13 of them also report federal debt.

Cuyahoga Community College District Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Cleveland, OH
13,382 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

16 Cuyahoga Community College District associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($62,630), and Audiovisual Technology the least ($16,294). The median program pays $38,465. Cuyahoga Community College District also has one certificate program that reports pay.

In-district tuition and fees$3,249Per year. Out-of-state $7,249

Average net price after aid$4,266Per year

All 16 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	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Ohio
1	NursingAbout 131 graduates a year	$62,630	$69,021	$17,717	23rd of 33
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 116 graduates a year	$52,018	$60,146	$14,870	8th of 22
3	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 14 graduates a year	$49,218	$49,574	$12,400	5th of 12
4	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 29 graduates a year	$46,249	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 3
5	Information ScienceAbout 16 graduates a year	$45,238	$63,631	$17,629	1st of 3
6	AccountingAbout 35 graduates a year	$44,532	$52,555	$15,931	1st of 5
7	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 13 graduates a year	$41,914	$43,803	$14,000	1st of 7
8	Criminal JusticeAbout 35 graduates a year	$38,595	$46,113	$7,149	5th of 9
9	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 42 graduates a year	$38,335	$41,472	$17,500	3rd of 17
10	Business AdministrationAbout 53 graduates a year	$37,062	$41,168	$12,159	10th of 15
11	Computer ProgrammingAbout 27 graduates a year	$33,937	$59,496	Not reported	3rd of 3
12	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 11 graduates a year	$32,820	$41,156	Not reported	3rd of 4
13	Teacher EducationAbout 11 graduates a year	$30,880	$33,405	$11,564	1st of 6
14	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 1,036 graduates a year	$28,760	$40,292	$11,000	15th of 19
15	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 50 graduates a year	$22,517	$36,586	$11,795	2nd of 2
16	Audiovisual TechnologyAbout 16 graduates a year	$16,294	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 3

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	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Ohio
Practical NursingAbout 210 graduates a year	$48,692	$57,550	$19,750	2nd of 41

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$62,630
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$52,018
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$49,218
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$46,249
Information Science$45,238

Lowest median debt

Criminal Justice$7,149
Liberal Arts and General Studies$11,000
Teacher Education$11,564
Design and Applied Arts$11,795
Business Administration$12,159

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 1,036 graduates a year
NursingAbout 131 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 116 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 53 graduates a year
Design and Applied ArtsAbout 50 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $62,630 in their first year, the most of 16 Cuyahoga Community College District 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 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