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

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $10,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 2 Mesa Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Mesa Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $2,358 a year, and $8,958 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $12,132 a year.

How many Mesa Community College programs report graduate pay?

3 associate's programs and one certificate program at Mesa Community College report first-year pay, and 3 of them also report federal debt.

Mesa Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Mesa, AZ
14,460 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

3 Mesa Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($73,639), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($46,084). The median program pays $56,024. Mesa Community College also has one certificate program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$2,358Per year. Out-of-state $8,958

Average net price after aid$12,132Per year

Graduation rate16%Within 6 years

All 3 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Arizona" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Arizona. 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 Arizona
1	NursingAbout 176 graduates a year	$73,639	$80,387	$22,750	8th of 18
2	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 17 graduates a year	$56,024	$64,120	Not reported	5th of 7
3	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 458 graduates a year	$46,084	$49,609	$10,500	1st of 13

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

One certificate program

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Arizona
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 134 graduates a year	$43,174	$57,973	$8,000	6th of 7

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

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $73,639 in their first year, the most of 3 Mesa 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 Arizona 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