Which East Mississippi Community College certificate program has the lowest debt?

4 of the 5 East Mississippi Community College certificate programs that report debt tie for the lowest, a median of $5,500 in federal loans.

How much does East Mississippi Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,095 a year, and $7,445 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $4,608 a year.

How many East Mississippi Community College programs report graduate pay?

5 certificate programs at East Mississippi Community College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

East Mississippi Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Scooba, MS
2,838 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

5 East Mississippi Community College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Electrician Training pays the most in the first year ($53,950), and Cosmetology the least ($12,128). The median program pays $35,345.

In-state tuition and fees$4,095Per year. Out-of-state $7,445

Average net price after aid$4,608Per year

Graduation rate48%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 5 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Mississippi" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Mississippi. 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 Mississippi
1	Electrician TrainingAbout 54 graduates a year	$53,950	$52,314	$5,500	1st of 1
2	Practical NursingAbout 21 graduates a year	$36,809	$31,146	$25,628	8th of 12
3	Welding and MachiningAbout 58 graduates a year	$35,345	$45,084	$5,500	2nd of 5
4	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 20 graduates a year	$31,830	Not reported	$5,500	1st of 2
5	CosmetologyAbout 28 graduates a year	$12,128	$12,972	$5,500	14th of 17

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

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

Common questions

Electrician Training graduates earn a median of $53,950 in their first year, the most of 5 East Mississippi Community 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 Mississippi 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