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

Human Services graduates leave with a median of $9,728 in federal loans, the lowest among 10 Metropolitan Community College Area associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Metropolitan Community College Area cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $3,375 a year, and $4,950 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $4,982 a year.

How many Metropolitan Community College Area programs report graduate pay?

12 associate's programs and one certificate program at Metropolitan Community College Area report first-year pay, and 10 of them also report federal debt.

Metropolitan Community College Area Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Omaha, NE
8,775 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

12 Metropolitan Community College Area associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($68,874), and Criminal Justice the least ($28,511). The median program pays $44,034. Metropolitan Community College Area also has one certificate program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$3,375Per year. Out-of-state $4,950

Average net price after aid$4,982Per year

Graduation rate29%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 12 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Nebraska" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Nebraska. 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 Nebraska
1	NursingAbout 64 graduates a year	$68,874	$77,852	$17,882	2nd of 6
2	Electrician TrainingAbout 82 graduates a year	$64,751	$94,902	$12,350	1st of 2
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 22 graduates a year	$56,569	$55,235	$19,246	2nd of 4
4	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 134 graduates a year	$48,719	$74,461	$14,340	2nd of 3
5	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 41 graduates a year	$47,839	$60,685	Not reported	2nd of 4
6	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 37 graduates a year	$44,112	$45,124	$15,976	1st of 2
7	Business AdministrationAbout 80 graduates a year	$43,956	$48,728	$10,458	1st of 5
8	Film and PhotographyAbout 26 graduates a year	$39,877	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
9	Human ServicesAbout 23 graduates a year	$34,392	Not reported	$9,728	1st of 1
10	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 501 graduates a year	$33,011	$44,230	$10,214	1st of 5
11	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 64 graduates a year	$29,902	$36,677	$12,526	1st of 1
12	Criminal JusticeAbout 18 graduates a year	$28,511	$44,862	$13,462	2nd of 3

Program names link to the program's own page, and Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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 Nebraska" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Nebraska.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Nebraska
Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 151 graduates a year	$52,060	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1

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

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$68,874
Electrician Training$64,751
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$56,569
Computer and Information Science$48,719
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$47,839

Lowest median debt

Human Services$9,728
Liberal Arts and General Studies$10,214
Business Administration$10,458
Electrician Training$12,350
Design and Applied Arts$12,526

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 501 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 134 graduates a year
Electrician TrainingAbout 82 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 80 graduates a year
NursingAbout 64 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $68,874 in their first year, the most of 12 Metropolitan Community College Area 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 Nebraska 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