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

Human Development and Family Studies graduates leave with a median of $8,216 in federal loans, the lowest among 13 Hudson Valley Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Hudson Valley Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $6,796 a year, and $11,852 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $8,501 a year.

How many Hudson Valley Community College programs report graduate pay?

16 associate's programs and one certificate program at Hudson Valley Community College report first-year pay, and 14 of them also report federal debt.

Hudson Valley Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Troy, NY
6,499 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

16 Hudson Valley Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($69,638), and Software and Media Applications the least ($24,099). The median program pays $41,353. Hudson Valley Community College also has one certificate program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$6,796Per year. Out-of-state $11,852

Average net price after aid$8,501Per year

Graduation rate35%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 16 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across New York. 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 New York
1	NursingAbout 76 graduates a year	$69,638	$75,478	$27,436	36th of 45
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 76 graduates a year	$58,246	$72,392	$19,929	12th of 22
3	Industrial TechnologyAbout 20 graduates a year	$56,997	$82,381	Not reported	1st of 1
4	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 23 graduates a year	$52,151	$52,235	$16,515	10th of 11
5	Electrician TrainingAbout 76 graduates a year	$49,095	$73,989	$11,973	1st of 2
6	HVACAbout 33 graduates a year	$47,134	$59,554	$12,000	2nd of 3
7	Construction Engineering TechnologyAbout 19 graduates a year	$44,162	$58,729	Not reported	1st of 1
8	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 40 graduates a year	$43,799	$59,676	$10,275	3rd of 11
9	Information ScienceAbout 48 graduates a year	$38,906	$63,937	$8,942	1st of 2
10	Business AdministrationAbout 129 graduates a year	$38,018	$48,280	$9,250	2nd of 32
11	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 11 graduates a year	$36,061	$41,797	Not reported	7th of 14
12	Human ServicesAbout 34 graduates a year	$32,887	$39,867	$11,925	2nd of 11
13	Criminal JusticeAbout 62 graduates a year	$30,093	$49,768	$10,700	18th of 34
14	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 37 graduates a year	$28,815	$29,664	$8,216	1st of 4
15	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 276 graduates a year	$28,464	$39,628	$10,046	5th of 46
16	Software and Media ApplicationsAbout 34 graduates a year	$24,099	$40,768	$9,926	1st of 3

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

4 more associate's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

One certificate program

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across New York.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 48 graduates a year	$69,242	$74,403	$20,464	4th of 8

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

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$69,638
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$58,246
Industrial Technology$56,997
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$52,151
Electrician Training$49,095

Lowest median debt

Human Development and Family Studies$8,216
Information Science$8,942
Business Administration$9,250
Software and Media Applications$9,926
Liberal Arts and General Studies$10,046

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 276 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 129 graduates a year
NursingAbout 76 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 76 graduates a year
Electrician TrainingAbout 76 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $69,638 in their first year, the most of 16 Hudson Valley 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 New York 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