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

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $9,700 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Johnson County Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Johnson County Community College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $2,424 a year, and $5,688 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $14,176 a year.

How many Johnson County Community College programs report graduate pay?

7 associate's programs and 6 certificate programs at Johnson County Community College report first-year pay, and 11 of them also report federal debt.

Johnson County Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Overland Park, KS
11,332 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Johnson County Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($64,303), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($29,855). The median program pays $38,977. Johnson County Community College also has 6 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$2,424Per year. Out-of-state $5,688

Average net price after aid$14,176Per year

Graduation rate31%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 7 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kansas" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Kansas. 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 Kansas
1	NursingAbout 53 graduates a year	$64,303	$70,557	$15,914	3rd of 14
2	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 20 graduates a year	$57,969	$61,803	Not reported	1st of 2
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 36 graduates a year	$57,656	$70,192	$12,139	2nd of 8
4	Culinary ArtsAbout 22 graduates a year	$38,977	$40,068	Not reported	1st of 1
5	Business AdministrationAbout 57 graduates a year	$37,988	$49,604	$21,287	1st of 1
6	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 79 graduates a year	$32,030	$38,139	$13,625	1st of 1
7	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 1,178 graduates a year	$29,855	$44,956	$9,700	4th of 18

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

All 6 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kansas" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Kansas. 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 Kansas
1	Truck Driving and Equipment OperationAbout 54 graduates a year	$74,114	$76,270	$5,775	1st of 1
2	Criminal JusticeAbout 59 graduates a year	$55,171	$62,529	$20,106	1st of 1
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 108 graduates a year	$53,512	$54,370	$13,114	2nd of 2
4	Paralegal StudiesAbout 31 graduates a year	$44,921	$49,903	$19,367	1st of 1
5	Practical NursingAbout 500 graduates a year	$36,404	$46,046	$12,406	7th of 9
6	CosmetologyAbout 43 graduates a year	$21,250	$31,476	$5,424	4th of 14

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$64,303
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$57,969
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$57,656
Culinary Arts$38,977
Business Administration$37,988

Lowest median debt

Liberal Arts and General Studies$9,700
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$12,139
Design and Applied Arts$13,625
Nursing$15,914
Business Administration$21,287

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 1,178 graduates a year
Design and Applied ArtsAbout 79 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 57 graduates a year
NursingAbout 53 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 36 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $64,303 in their first year, the most of 7 Johnson County 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 Kansas 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