Which Lake Region State College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $11,697 in federal loans, the lowest among 2 Lake Region State College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Lake Region State College cost?

Tuition and fees are $5,520 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $13,577 a year.

How many Lake Region State College programs report graduate pay?

2 associate's programs and one certificate program at Lake Region State College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Lake Region State College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Devils Lake, ND
611 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

Lake Region State College has two associate's programs that report what graduates earn. Nursing pays more in the first year ($68,214) than Liberal Arts and General Studies ($19,014). Lake Region State College also has one certificate program that reports pay.

Tuition and fees$5,520Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$13,577Per year

Graduation rate52%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

Both associate's programs

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in North Dakota
NursingAbout 29 graduates a year	$68,214	$75,950	$27,310	2nd of 5
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 96 graduates a year	$19,014	$47,195	$11,697	4th of 4

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

One certificate program

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in North Dakota
Criminal JusticeAbout 45 graduates a year	$57,765	$63,272	$10,131	1st of 1

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

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $68,214 in their first year, the most of 2 Lake Region State 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 North Dakota 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