Which Lehigh Carbon Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Criminal Justice and Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $11,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Lehigh Carbon Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Lehigh Carbon Community College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $5,280 a year, and $13,270 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $9,203 a year.

How many Lehigh Carbon Community College programs report graduate pay?

9 associate's programs and one certificate program at Lehigh Carbon Community College report first-year pay, and 8 of them also report federal debt.

Lehigh Carbon Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Schnecksville, PA
4,148 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

9 Lehigh Carbon Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($78,322), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($19,448). The median program pays $36,340. Lehigh Carbon Community College also has one certificate program that reports pay.

In-district tuition and fees$5,280Per year. Out-of-state $13,270

Average net price after aid$9,203Per year

Graduation rate30%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 9 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania
1	NursingAbout 140 graduates a year	$78,322	$78,165	$27,075	2nd of 17
2	BusinessAbout 35 graduates a year	$47,276	$43,631	$11,500	1st of 9
3	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 16 graduates a year	$37,381	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 7
4	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 14 graduates a year	$36,704	$55,788	$19,286	4th of 8
5	Computer NetworkingAbout 9 graduates a year	$36,340	Not reported	$11,309	1st of 1
6	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 9 graduates a year	$35,053	$42,437	$17,611	8th of 17
7	Criminal JusticeAbout 38 graduates a year	$33,360	$46,407	$11,000	6th of 12
8	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 17 graduates a year	$27,896	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
9	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 145 graduates a year	$19,448	$38,484	$11,000	17th of 18

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

4 more associate's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

One certificate program

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Pennsylvania
Practical NursingAbout 39 graduates a year	$47,793	Not reported	$20,041	18th of 35

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

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$78,322
Business$47,276
Veterinary Technology$37,381
Health and Medical Administration$36,704
Computer Networking$36,340

Lowest median debt

Criminal Justice$11,000
Liberal Arts and General Studies$11,000
Computer Networking$11,309
Business$11,500
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$17,611

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 145 graduates a year
NursingAbout 140 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 38 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 35 graduates a year
Design and Applied ArtsAbout 17 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $78,322 in their first year, the most of 9 Lehigh Carbon 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 Pennsylvania 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