Which El Paso Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Psychology graduates leave with a median of $5,400 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 El Paso Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does El Paso Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,080 a year, and $6,630 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $3,206 a year.

How many El Paso Community College programs report graduate pay?

11 associate's programs at El Paso Community College report first-year pay, and 9 of them also report federal debt.

El Paso Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
El Paso, TX
24,214 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

11 El Paso Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($79,996), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($9,347). The median program pays $21,750.

In-state tuition and fees$4,080Per year. Out-of-state $6,630

Average net price after aid$3,206Per year

Graduation rate24%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 11 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 133 graduates a year	$79,996	$77,401	$17,500	2nd of 49
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 49 graduates a year	$58,814	$65,532	$11,875	12th of 36
3	BusinessGraduates a year not reported	$25,900	$41,344	$6,250	10th of 12
4	Criminal JusticeAbout 177 graduates a year	$25,846	$38,712	$6,084	16th of 18
5	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 1,637 graduates a year	$23,641	$37,767	$9,771	35th of 47
6	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 47 graduates a year	$21,750	$33,095	$5,500	2nd of 2
7	PsychologyAbout 176 graduates a year	$20,644	$27,622	$5,400	5th of 6
8	Teacher EducationAbout 143 graduates a year	$19,141	$35,921	$5,500	10th of 13
9	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 26 graduates a year	$17,558	$28,653	Not reported	2nd of 2
10	BiologyAbout 111 graduates a year	$17,314	$36,028	$9,000	8th of 8
11	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 31 graduates a year	$9,347	$17,085	Not reported	1st of 1

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.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$79,996
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$58,814
Business$25,900
Criminal Justice$25,846
Liberal Arts and General Studies$23,641

Lowest median debt

Psychology$5,400
Kinesiology and Exercise Science$5,500
Teacher Education$5,500
Criminal Justice$6,084
Business$6,250

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 1,637 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 177 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 176 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 143 graduates a year
NursingAbout 133 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $79,996 in their first year, the most of 11 El Paso 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 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