Lower Columbia College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Public college
- Longview, WA
- 1,932 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
Lower Columbia College has two associate's programs that report what graduates earn. Nursing pays more in the first year ($75,715) than Liberal Arts and General Studies ($30,845).
Both associate's programs
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Washington" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Washington.
Program names link to the program's own page, and Washington ranks link to the full ranking for the field.
Common questions
Nursing graduates earn a median of $75,715 in their first year, the most of 2 Lower Columbia College associate's programs that report pay.
Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $9,578 in federal loans, the lowest among 2 Lower Columbia College associate's programs that report debt.
In-state tuition and fees are $4,626 a year, and $6,003 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $7,630 a year.
2 associate's programs at Lower Columbia College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.
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 Washington 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