Middlesex Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Public college
- Bedford, MA
- 5,412 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
8 Middlesex Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($75,351), and Teacher Education the least ($27,981). The median program pays $48,612.
All 8 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 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.
4 more associate's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.
Quick picks
Highest first-year pay
- Nursing$75,351
- Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$63,037
- Medical Laboratory Science$55,924
- Dental Hygiene and Assisting$55,428
- Criminal Justice$41,796
Lowest median debt
- Business Administration$7,551
- Liberal Arts and General Studies$7,928
- Criminal Justice$10,950
- Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$13,971
- Nursing$15,988
Largest programs
- Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 235 graduates a year
- Business AdministrationAbout 125 graduates a year
- NursingAbout 44 graduates a year
- Teacher EducationAbout 27 graduates a year
- Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 25 graduates a year
Common questions
Nursing graduates earn a median of $75,351 in their first year, the most of 8 Middlesex Community College associate's programs that report pay.
Business Administration graduates leave with a median of $7,551 in federal loans, the lowest among 6 Middlesex Community College associate's programs that report debt.
In-state tuition and fees are $6,048 a year, and $12,120 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $2,624 a year.
8 associate's programs at Middlesex Community College report first-year pay, and 6 of them also report federal debt.
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