Jefferson Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Public college
- Watertown, NY
- 1,499 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
6 Jefferson Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($77,313), and Business Administration the least ($21,700). The median program pays $26,860.
All 6 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 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.
Quick picks
Highest first-year pay
- Nursing$77,313
- Criminal Justice$34,219
- Human Development and Family Studies$27,397
- Community Organization and Advocacy$26,323
- Liberal Arts and General Studies$23,245
Lowest median debt
- Business Administration$11,173
- Liberal Arts and General Studies$12,000
- Criminal Justice$12,620
- Community Organization and Advocacy$13,805
- Nursing$24,421
Largest programs
- Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 128 graduates a year
- NursingAbout 52 graduates a year
- Business AdministrationAbout 47 graduates a year
- Criminal JusticeAbout 11 graduates a year
- Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 4 graduates a year
Common questions
Nursing graduates earn a median of $77,313 in their first year, the most of 6 Jefferson Community College associate's programs that report pay.
Business Administration graduates leave with a median of $11,173 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Jefferson Community College associate's programs that report debt.
In-state tuition and fees are $6,264 a year, and $11,700 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $11,923 a year.
6 associate's programs at Jefferson Community College report first-year pay, and 5 of them also report federal debt.
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