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

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $11,548 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Hagerstown Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Hagerstown Community College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $4,320 a year, and $8,190 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $6,835 a year.

How many Hagerstown Community College programs report graduate pay?

6 associate's programs and 4 certificate programs at Hagerstown Community College report first-year pay, and 9 of them also report federal debt.

Hagerstown Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Hagerstown, MD
2,948 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

6 Hagerstown Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($73,996), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($25,177). The median program pays $47,194. Hagerstown Community College also has 4 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$4,320Per year. Out-of-state $8,190

Average net price after aid$6,835Per year

Graduation rate39%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 6 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Maryland" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Maryland. 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 Maryland
1	NursingAbout 54 graduates a year	$73,996	$74,472	$25,000	5th of 12
2	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 34 graduates a year	$60,419	Not reported	$16,000	2nd of 4
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 23 graduates a year	$52,417	$58,591	$18,500	7th of 8
4	BusinessAbout 67 graduates a year	$41,970	$46,505	$12,750	1st of 4
5	Information TechnologyAbout 20 graduates a year	$40,955	Not reported	$12,000	2nd of 3
6	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 220 graduates a year	$25,177	$41,385	$11,548	10th of 15

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

All 4 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Maryland" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Maryland. 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 Maryland
1	Truck Driving and Equipment OperationAbout 121 graduates a year	$53,495	$49,812	$4,750	1st of 3
2	Practical NursingAbout 25 graduates a year	$45,584	Not reported	$19,211	5th of 6
3	Medical Laboratory ScienceGraduates a year not reported	$37,076	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
4	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 7 graduates a year	$33,686	Not reported	$16,375	1st of 3

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$73,996
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$60,419
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$52,417
Business$41,970
Information Technology$40,955

Lowest median debt

Liberal Arts and General Studies$11,548
Information Technology$12,000
Business$12,750
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$16,000
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$18,500

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 220 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 67 graduates a year
NursingAbout 54 graduates a year
Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 34 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 23 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $73,996 in their first year, the most of 6 Hagerstown 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 Maryland 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