Which Massachusetts Bay Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Criminal Justice graduates leave with a median of $6,333 in federal loans, the lowest among 4 Massachusetts Bay Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Massachusetts Bay Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,856 a year, and $10,800 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $7,169 a year.

How many Massachusetts Bay Community College programs report graduate pay?

4 associate's programs and one certificate program at Massachusetts Bay Community College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Massachusetts Bay Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Wellesley Hills, MA
3,837 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

4 Massachusetts Bay Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Criminal Justice pays the most in the first year ($45,144), and Business Administration the least ($32,202). The median program pays $40,696. Massachusetts Bay Community College also has one certificate program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$5,856Per year. Out-of-state $10,800

Average net price after aid$7,169Per year

Graduation rate17%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 4 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Massachusetts" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Massachusetts. 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 Massachusetts
1	Criminal JusticeAbout 24 graduates a year	$45,144	$49,823	$6,333	2nd of 11
2	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 24 graduates a year	$43,602	$55,489	$7,272	1st of 2
3	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 89 graduates a year	$37,790	$43,639	$8,750	3rd of 14
4	Business AdministrationAbout 49 graduates a year	$32,202	$58,412	$7,394	10th of 10

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

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

One certificate program

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Massachusetts
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 137 graduates a year	$64,025	$51,225	$13,861	3rd of 4

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

Common questions

Criminal Justice graduates earn a median of $45,144 in their first year, the most of 4 Massachusetts Bay 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 Massachusetts 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