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

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $4,989 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Meridian Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Meridian Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,078 a year, and $6,478 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $6,351 a year.

How many Meridian Community College programs report graduate pay?

5 associate's programs and 4 certificate programs at Meridian Community College report first-year pay, and 4 of them also report federal debt.

Meridian Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Meridian, MS
2,156 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

5 Meridian Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($65,755), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($24,817). The median program pays $28,895. Meridian Community College also has 4 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$4,078Per year. Out-of-state $6,478

Average net price after aid$6,351Per year

Graduation rate34%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 5 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Mississippi" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Mississippi. 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 Mississippi
1	NursingAbout 105 graduates a year	$65,755	$72,722	$15,545	10th of 13
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 21 graduates a year	$43,829	$46,119	$8,625	6th of 9
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 18 graduates a year	$28,895	$40,124	Not reported	5th of 5
4	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 18 graduates a year	$27,890	$44,744	Not reported	3rd of 6
5	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 218 graduates a year	$24,817	$35,352	$4,989	2nd of 12

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

All 4 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Mississippi" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Mississippi. 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 Mississippi
1	Truck Driving and Equipment OperationAbout 58 graduates a year	$38,766	$39,516	Not reported	1st of 3
2	Practical NursingAbout 72 graduates a year	$34,111	$37,126	$12,313	10th of 12
3	Welding and MachiningAbout 49 graduates a year	$31,988	$46,339	Not reported	4th of 5
4	CosmetologyAbout 23 graduates a year	$17,559	$20,611	Not reported	3rd of 17

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $65,755 in their first year, the most of 5 Meridian 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 Mississippi 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