Mohawk Valley Community College Human Services (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Human Services, General
- Public college
- Utica, NY
- About 27 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Mohawk Valley Community College human services graduates earn less than graduates of most human services programs nationally, $25,855 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $11,750 in federal loans, less than at 78% of human services programs in the country. Debt is low, but pay is also below the New York median of $27,366.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New York and national columns are the medians across all human services associate's programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every New York human services program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New York medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $125 a month, or 5.8% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
100% of graduates (28 of 28) were working in New York one year after graduating. Prices in the Utica area are about 7% below the national average, so a $25,855 salary here buys what about $27,898 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to human services, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Social and Human Service Assistants
$47,190Median pay in New York. 40,970 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 48,900 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
Social and Community Service Managers
$95,980Median pay in New York. 19,340 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035, with about 18,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
About Mohawk Valley Community College
Human Services ranks 7th of 9 associate's programs at Mohawk Valley Community College by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($68,652), Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($52,722), and Electronics Repair ($37,415).
Other human services associate's programs near Utica
Common questions
The median graduate earns $25,855 one year after graduating. The median across human services associate's programs in New York is $27,366.
The median federal loan balance is $11,750, which ranks 3rd lowest of 10 human services associate's programs in New York. That works out to about $125 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 45% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 58%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several New York programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 100% (28 of 28) were working in New York one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- 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 York comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the human services program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024