Which Lewis and Clark Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $7,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Lewis and Clark Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Lewis and Clark Community College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $4,340 a year, and $7,840 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $3,349 a year.

How many Lewis and Clark Community College programs report graduate pay?

7 associate's programs and 6 certificate programs at Lewis and Clark Community College report first-year pay, and 10 of them also report federal debt.

Lewis and Clark Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Godfrey, IL
2,487 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Lewis and Clark Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($60,115), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($22,167). The median program pays $31,763. Lewis and Clark Community College also has 6 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$4,340Per year. Out-of-state $7,840

Average net price after aid$3,349Per year

Graduation rate44%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 Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Illinois. 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 Illinois
1	NursingAbout 85 graduates a year	$60,115	$67,224	$12,500	32nd of 34
2	Mining and Petroleum TechnologyAbout 8 graduates a year	$58,787	$72,698	Not reported	1st of 1
3	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 30 graduates a year	$54,276	$52,930	$13,417	7th of 9
4	Criminal JusticeAbout 18 graduates a year	$31,763	$56,190	$9,120	2nd of 5
5	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 20 graduates a year	$31,607	$38,802	$11,242	13th of 14
6	Biological and Physical SciencesAbout 103 graduates a year	$27,320	$46,089	$8,315	9th of 23
7	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 162 graduates a year	$22,167	$39,550	$7,500	37th of 41

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

All 6 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Illinois. 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 Illinois
1	Mining and Petroleum TechnologyAbout 12 graduates a year	$61,659	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
2	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 24 graduates a year	$53,786	$46,398	$12,000	1st of 3
3	AccountingAbout 23 graduates a year	$42,502	Not reported	$9,500	2nd of 3
4	Welding and MachiningAbout 130 graduates a year	$37,195	$37,349	Not reported	1st of 7
5	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 16 graduates a year	$32,224	Not reported	$6,360	5th of 12
6	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 240 graduates a year	$23,662	Not reported	$12,000	3rd of 3

3 more certificate programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$60,115
Mining and Petroleum Technology$58,787
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$54,276
Criminal Justice$31,763
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$31,607

Lowest median debt

Liberal Arts and General Studies$7,500
Biological and Physical Sciences$8,315
Criminal Justice$9,120
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$11,242
Nursing$12,500

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 162 graduates a year
Biological and Physical SciencesAbout 103 graduates a year
NursingAbout 85 graduates a year
Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 30 graduates a year
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 20 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $60,115 in their first year, the most of 7 Lewis and Clark 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 Illinois 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