Which Gadsden State Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $7,774 in federal loans, the lowest among 2 Gadsden State Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Gadsden State Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,272 a year, and $7,368 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $3,515 a year.

How many Gadsden State Community College programs report graduate pay?

8 associate's programs and 3 certificate programs at Gadsden State Community College report first-year pay, and 2 of them also report federal debt.

Gadsden State Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Gadsden, AL
3,548 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Gadsden State Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($61,443), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($18,926). The median program pays $36,855. Gadsden State Community College also has 3 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$4,272Per year. Out-of-state $7,368

Average net price after aid$3,515Per year

Graduation rate38%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 Alabama" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Alabama. 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 Alabama
1	NursingAbout 78 graduates a year	$61,443	$68,352	$10,850	14th of 22
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 47 graduates a year	$41,946	$44,079	Not reported	6th of 8
3	Heavy Equipment MaintenanceAbout 56 graduates a year	$37,595	$71,603	Not reported	1st of 1
4	Electrical Engineering TechnologyAbout 18 graduates a year	$37,302	$62,305	Not reported	1st of 1
5	Environmental Control TechnologyAbout 28 graduates a year	$36,407	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
6	Office AdministrationAbout 28 graduates a year	$22,360	$27,365	Not reported	4th of 5
7	CosmetologyAbout 31 graduates a year	$19,107	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
8	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 318 graduates a year	$18,926	$37,390	$7,774	21st of 22

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

All 3 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Alabama" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Alabama. 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 Alabama
1	Welding and MachiningAbout 102 graduates a year	$41,252	$42,143	Not reported	2nd of 8
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 211 graduates a year	$34,083	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 3
3	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 63 graduates a year	$31,387	$48,539	Not reported	2nd of 2

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$61,443
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$41,946
Heavy Equipment Maintenance$37,595
Electrical Engineering Technology$37,302
Environmental Control Technology$36,407

Lowest median debt

Liberal Arts and General Studies$7,774
Nursing$10,850

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 318 graduates a year
NursingAbout 78 graduates a year
Heavy Equipment MaintenanceAbout 56 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 47 graduates a year
CosmetologyAbout 31 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $61,443 in their first year, the most of 8 Gadsden State 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 Alabama 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