Which Laurel Ridge Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Biological and Physical Sciences graduates leave with a median of $8,400 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Laurel Ridge Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Laurel Ridge Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,072 a year, and $11,510 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $6,013 a year.

How many Laurel Ridge Community College programs report graduate pay?

3 associate's programs and 2 certificate programs at Laurel Ridge Community College report first-year pay, and 4 of them also report federal debt.

Laurel Ridge Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Middletown, VA
3,195 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

3 Laurel Ridge Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($69,986), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($28,017). The median program pays $37,850. Laurel Ridge Community College also has 2 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$5,072Per year. Out-of-state $11,510

Average net price after aid$6,013Per year

Graduation rate45%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 3 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Virginia" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Virginia. 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 Virginia
1	NursingAbout 77 graduates a year	$69,986	$73,312	$16,450	7th of 25
2	Biological and Physical SciencesAbout 133 graduates a year	$37,850	$50,568	$8,400	1st of 6
3	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 431 graduates a year	$28,017	$44,620	$8,865	5th of 20

Program names link to the program's own page, and Virginia ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

Both certificate programs

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Virginia
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 108 graduates a year	$36,165	$55,825	$9,075	7th of 8
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 260 graduates a year	$15,637	$44,289	Not reported	18th of 18

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

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $69,986 in their first year, the most of 3 Laurel Ridge 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 Virginia 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