Which Galveston College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Diagnostic and Treatment Professions graduates leave with a median of $11,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Galveston College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Galveston College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $2,726 a year, and $6,176 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $8,412 a year.

How many Galveston College programs report graduate pay?

3 associate's programs and 3 certificate programs at Galveston College report first-year pay, and 4 of them also report federal debt.

Galveston College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Galveston, TX
1,528 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

3 Galveston College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($64,806), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($30,586). The median program pays $51,347. Galveston College also has 3 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$2,726Per year. Out-of-state $6,176

Average net price after aid$8,412Per year

Graduation rate33%Within 6 years

All 3 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 42 graduates a year	$64,806	$89,089	$19,333	45th of 49
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 62 graduates a year	$51,347	$75,406	$11,000	28th of 36
3	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 128 graduates a year	$30,586	$26,502	$12,515	13th of 47

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

All 3 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Texas" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate 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	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 123 graduates a year	$64,633	$76,986	$15,500	5th of 18
2	Criminal JusticeAbout 4 graduates a year	$61,086	$53,741	Not reported	5th of 15
3	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 24 graduates a year	$34,532	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 20

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.

One more certificate program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $64,806 in their first year, the most of 3 Galveston 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