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

Teacher Education graduates leave with a median of $9,920 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Kennebec Valley Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Kennebec Valley Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,156 a year, and $7,036 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $3,910 a year.

How many Kennebec Valley Community College programs report graduate pay?

8 associate's programs and 2 certificate programs at Kennebec Valley Community College report first-year pay, and 8 of them also report federal debt.

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

Public college
Fairfield, ME
1,597 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Kennebec Valley Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($69,117), and Teacher Education the least ($25,484). The median program pays $37,306. Kennebec Valley Community College also has 2 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$4,156Per year. Out-of-state $7,036

Average net price after aid$3,910Per year

Graduation rate39%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 8 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Maine" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Maine. 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 Maine
1	NursingAbout 29 graduates a year	$69,117	$70,949	$25,922	2nd of 6
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 24 graduates a year	$53,243	$59,708	$20,977	4th of 4
3	Electrician TrainingAbout 18 graduates a year	$46,119	$59,498	$12,250	1st of 1
4	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 14 graduates a year	$39,351	$40,512	$19,345	1st of 1
5	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 31 graduates a year	$35,260	$36,964	$21,787	3rd of 4
6	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 41 graduates a year	$32,448	$34,749	$15,000	1st of 4
7	Culinary ArtsAbout 5 graduates a year	$28,893	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
8	Teacher EducationAbout 26 graduates a year	$25,484	Not reported	$9,920	2nd of 2

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

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

Both certificate programs

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Maine
Electrician TrainingAbout 39 graduates a year	$70,166	$88,632	$5,812	1st of 3
Welding and MachiningAbout 23 graduates a year	$38,884	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$69,117
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$53,243
Electrician Training$46,119
Mental Health and Addiction Services$39,351
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$35,260

Lowest median debt

Teacher Education$9,920
Electrician Training$12,250
Liberal Arts and General Studies$15,000
Mental Health and Addiction Services$19,345
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$20,977

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 41 graduates a year
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 31 graduates a year
NursingAbout 29 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 26 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 24 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $69,117 in their first year, the most of 8 Kennebec 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 Maine 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