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

Business Administration graduates leave with a median of $10,684 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 Delaware County Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Delaware County Community College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $6,930 a year, and $15,540 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $6,576 a year.

How many Delaware County Community College programs report graduate pay?

8 associate's programs and 2 certificate programs at Delaware County Community College report first-year pay, and 9 of them also report federal debt.

Delaware County Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Media, PA
6,861 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Delaware County Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($72,491), and Psychology the least ($17,269). The median program pays $31,865. Delaware County Community College also has 2 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$6,930Per year. Out-of-state $15,540

Average net price after aid$6,576Per year

Graduation rate24%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 8 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	NursingAbout 135 graduates a year	$72,491	$85,299	$27,000	8th of 17
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 37 graduates a year	$65,167	$73,758	$21,136	2nd of 19
3	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 28 graduates a year	$43,435	$44,037	$17,493	2nd of 8
4	Health SciencesAbout 116 graduates a year	$34,452	$46,836	$13,364	1st of 3
5	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 180 graduates a year	$29,277	$43,375	$14,797	5th of 18
6	Business AdministrationAbout 141 graduates a year	$27,229	$55,810	$10,684	8th of 8
7	Teacher EducationAbout 73 graduates a year	$25,854	$33,700	$13,340	4th of 7
8	PsychologyAbout 45 graduates a year	$17,269	$34,933	$17,500	3rd of 3

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.

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

Both certificate programs

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Pennsylvania
Criminal JusticeAbout 78 graduates a year	$57,464	$60,104	$16,625	2nd of 4
Electrician TrainingAbout 38 graduates a year	$28,384	$50,717	Not reported	8th of 8

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$72,491
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$65,167
Health and Medical Administration$43,435
Health Sciences$34,452
Liberal Arts and General Studies$29,277

Lowest median debt

Business Administration$10,684
Teacher Education$13,340
Health Sciences$13,364
Liberal Arts and General Studies$14,797
Health and Medical Administration$17,493

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 180 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 141 graduates a year
NursingAbout 135 graduates a year
Health SciencesAbout 116 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 73 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $72,491 in their first year, the most of 8 Delaware County 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 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