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

Dental Hygiene and Assisting graduates leave with a median of $9,817 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Kalamazoo Valley Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Kalamazoo Valley Community College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $4,144 a year, and $9,094 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $2,979 a year.

How many Kalamazoo Valley Community College programs report graduate pay?

7 associate's programs at Kalamazoo Valley Community College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

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

Public college
Kalamazoo, MI
4,997 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Kalamazoo Valley Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($66,602), and Culinary Arts the least ($26,843). The median program pays $46,493.

In-district tuition and fees$4,144Per year. Out-of-state $9,094

Average net price after aid$2,979Per year

Graduation rate28%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 Michigan" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Michigan. 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 Michigan
1	NursingAbout 72 graduates a year	$66,602	$72,767	$20,751	18th of 27
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 28 graduates a year	$54,134	$63,588	$20,985	8th of 17
3	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 18 graduates a year	$52,947	$51,974	$9,817	1st of 8
4	Engineering TechnologyAbout 33 graduates a year	$46,493	$37,870	$18,000	2nd of 2
5	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 436 graduates a year	$33,055	$42,269	$14,665	4th of 27
6	Business AdministrationAbout 41 graduates a year	$29,315	$42,956	$14,100	13th of 14
7	Culinary ArtsAbout 14 graduates a year	$26,843	Not reported	$14,382	3rd of 8

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

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$66,602
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$54,134
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$52,947
Engineering Technology$46,493
Liberal Arts and General Studies$33,055

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 436 graduates a year
NursingAbout 72 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 41 graduates a year
Engineering TechnologyAbout 33 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 28 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $66,602 in their first year, the most of 7 Kalamazoo 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 Michigan 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