Which Middlesex College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Health Sciences graduates leave with a median of $6,750 in federal loans, the lowest among 10 Middlesex College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Middlesex College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $4,764 a year, and $7,356 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $2,288 a year.

How many Middlesex College programs report graduate pay?

10 associate's programs at Middlesex College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Middlesex College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Edison, NJ
8,469 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Middlesex College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($69,896), and Education the least ($16,846). The median program pays $30,989.

In-district tuition and fees$4,764Per year. Out-of-state $7,356

Average net price after aid$2,288Per year

Graduation rate33%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 10 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New Jersey" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across New Jersey. 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 New Jersey
1	NursingAbout 46 graduates a year	$69,896	$85,435	$17,506	16th of 17
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 23 graduates a year	$64,174	$76,173	$11,500	6th of 12
3	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 24 graduates a year	$59,451	$69,798	$11,250	3rd of 5
4	Business AdministrationAbout 229 graduates a year	$33,090	$55,138	$8,585	7th of 13
5	Criminal JusticeAbout 75 graduates a year	$32,712	$49,368	$8,119	1st of 12
6	Health SciencesAbout 74 graduates a year	$29,265	$54,131	$6,750	4th of 5
7	Physical SciencesAbout 180 graduates a year	$27,136	$59,252	$7,250	1st of 1
8	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 445 graduates a year	$26,693	$45,092	$8,660	5th of 19
9	Graphic CommunicationsAbout 58 graduates a year	$20,483	$35,271	$8,525	1st of 1
10	EducationAbout 54 graduates a year	$16,846	Not reported	$7,000	2nd of 2

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

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$69,896
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$64,174
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$59,451
Business Administration$33,090
Criminal Justice$32,712

Lowest median debt

Health Sciences$6,750
Education$7,000
Physical Sciences$7,250
Criminal Justice$8,119
Graphic Communications$8,525

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 445 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 229 graduates a year
Physical SciencesAbout 180 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 75 graduates a year
Health SciencesAbout 74 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $69,896 in their first year, the most of 10 Middlesex 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 New Jersey 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