Which Dallas College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Culinary Arts graduates leave with a median of $9,218 in federal loans, the lowest among 15 Dallas College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Dallas College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $2,730 a year, and $6,900 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $3,214 a year.

How many Dallas College programs report graduate pay?

16 associate's programs and 18 certificate programs at Dallas College report first-year pay, and 30 of them also report federal debt.

Dallas College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Dallas, TX
43,869 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

18 Dallas College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Diagnostic and Treatment Professions pays the most in the first year ($83,557), and Allied Health and Medical Assisting the least ($27,898). The median program pays $36,263. Dallas College also has 16 associate's programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$2,730Per year. Out-of-state $6,900

Average net price after aid$3,214Per year

Graduation rate32%Within 6 years

All 16 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Texas" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Texas. 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 Texas
1	NursingAbout 336 graduates a year	$70,630	$75,704	$17,187	28th of 49
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 123 graduates a year	$62,647	$71,448	$17,352	7th of 36
3	Electrical Engineering TechnologyAbout 54 graduates a year	$59,057	$43,103	$12,549	2nd of 3
4	Computer ProgrammingAbout 56 graduates a year	$53,830	$53,870	$21,908	1st of 3
5	Business AdministrationAbout 243 graduates a year	$42,440	$51,191	$15,016	2nd of 19
6	Computer NetworkingAbout 44 graduates a year	$40,807	$62,699	$13,164	3rd of 6
7	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 66 graduates a year	$40,781	$45,799	$16,040	1st of 3
8	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 57 graduates a year	$38,239	$48,401	$7,959	8th of 12
9	Criminal JusticeAbout 153 graduates a year	$37,202	$46,162	$11,457	3rd of 18
10	AccountingAbout 51 graduates a year	$37,031	$50,170	$14,527	2nd of 5
11	BusinessAbout 189 graduates a year	$34,095	$53,059	$10,500	3rd of 12
12	Paralegal StudiesAbout 61 graduates a year	$33,381	$52,108	$17,294	3rd of 5
13	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 5,276 graduates a year	$33,060	$46,308	$11,000	8th of 47
14	Culinary ArtsAbout 33 graduates a year	$31,770	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 6
15	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 56 graduates a year	$31,478	Not reported	$11,835	3rd of 4
16	Teacher EducationAbout 270 graduates a year	$25,385	Not reported	$12,500	4th of 13

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

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

All 18 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Texas" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Texas. 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 Texas
1	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 218 graduates a year	$83,557	$77,113	$14,500	1st of 18
2	Electrical Engineering TechnologyAbout 158 graduates a year	$59,679	Not reported	$12,269	1st of 1
3	Computer NetworkingAbout 52 graduates a year	$50,493	$65,708	$13,669	1st of 3
4	Business AdministrationAbout 483 graduates a year	$46,874	$51,772	$17,452	1st of 5
5	Computer ProgrammingAbout 316 graduates a year	$43,727	$64,460	$19,107	1st of 2
6	Software and Media ApplicationsAbout 44 graduates a year	$41,477	Not reported	$11,211	1st of 2
7	AccountingAbout 355 graduates a year	$39,308	$51,718	$12,500	2nd of 5
8	Data ProcessingAbout 250 graduates a year	$38,457	$41,816	$10,718	1st of 1
9	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 563 graduates a year	$36,956	$53,737	$9,508	9th of 16
10	Criminal JusticeAbout 249 graduates a year	$35,569	$43,305	$15,997	15th of 15
11	Welding and MachiningAbout 188 graduates a year	$35,102	Not reported	Not reported	8th of 20
12	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 157 graduates a year	$35,011	$43,549	$14,047	2nd of 2
13	Real EstateAbout 156 graduates a year	$34,398	$46,677	$17,063	2nd of 2
14	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 22 graduates a year	$34,135	$35,597	Not reported	2nd of 20
15	Culinary ArtsAbout 98 graduates a year	$30,484	Not reported	$9,218	1st of 7
16	Office AdministrationAbout 11 graduates a year	$30,228	$29,730	$18,456	2nd of 4
17	HVACAbout 141 graduates a year	$28,849	$47,817	$9,720	6th of 9
18	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 87 graduates a year	$27,898	Not reported	Not reported	7th of 23

5 more certificate programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks: certificate programs

Highest first-year pay

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$83,557
Electrical Engineering Technology$59,679
Computer Networking$50,493
Business Administration$46,874
Computer Programming$43,727

Lowest median debt

Culinary Arts$9,218
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$9,508
HVAC$9,720
Data Processing$10,718
Software and Media Applications$11,211

Largest programs

Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 563 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 483 graduates a year
AccountingAbout 355 graduates a year
Computer ProgrammingAbout 316 graduates a year
Data ProcessingAbout 250 graduates a year

Common questions

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions graduates earn a median of $83,557 in their first year, the most of 18 Dallas College certificate 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 Texas 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