Which Diablo Valley College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $10,853 in federal loans, the lowest among 2 Diablo Valley College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Diablo Valley College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $1,312 a year, and $10,320 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $8,312 a year.

How many Diablo Valley College programs report graduate pay?

2 associate's programs and one certificate program at Diablo Valley College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Diablo Valley College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Pleasant Hill, CA
15,358 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

Diablo Valley College has two associate's programs that report what graduates earn. Liberal Arts and General Studies pays more in the first year ($35,813) than Pre-Health Studies ($24,803). Diablo Valley College also has one certificate program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$1,312Per year. Out-of-state $10,320

Average net price after aid$8,312Per year

Graduation rate49%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

Both associate's programs

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in California
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 7 graduates a year	$35,813	Not reported	$10,853	3rd of 25
Pre-Health StudiesGraduates a year not reported	$24,803	Not reported	$12,312	3rd of 3

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

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

One certificate program

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in California
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 520 graduates a year	$22,823	Not reported	$7,500	16th of 20

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

Common questions

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates earn a median of $35,813 in their first year, the most of 2 Diablo Valley 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 California 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