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

Business graduates leave with a median of $11,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 12 Montgomery County Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Montgomery County Community College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $6,690 a year, and $17,250 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $11,124 a year.

How many Montgomery County Community College programs report graduate pay?

12 associate's programs and 5 certificate programs at Montgomery County Community College report first-year pay, and 16 of them also report federal debt.

Montgomery County Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Blue Bell, PA
7,301 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

12 Montgomery County Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($78,511), and Fine and Studio Arts the least ($19,024). The median program pays $35,956. Montgomery County Community College also has 5 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$6,690Per year. Out-of-state $17,250

Average net price after aid$11,124Per year

Graduation rate28%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 Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania
1	NursingAbout 96 graduates a year	$78,511	$85,720	$24,820	1st of 17
2	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 15 graduates a year	$49,729	$50,699	$16,707	4th of 8
3	AccountingAbout 14 graduates a year	$48,832	Not reported	$19,254	1st of 4
4	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 21 graduates a year	$48,626	Not reported	$20,025	16th of 19
5	Criminal JusticeAbout 20 graduates a year	$47,990	$53,757	$13,335	1st of 12
6	BusinessAbout 164 graduates a year	$36,274	$57,366	$11,000	5th of 9
7	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 26 graduates a year	$35,638	Not reported	$19,945	5th of 8
8	Culinary ArtsAbout 11 graduates a year	$31,763	Not reported	$15,417	1st of 5
9	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 234 graduates a year	$25,868	$43,660	$12,500	11th of 18
10	Clinical and Counseling PsychologyGraduates a year not reported	$22,268	Not reported	$12,000	1st of 1
11	Teacher EducationAbout 76 graduates a year	$20,885	$38,125	$14,250	6th of 7
12	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 27 graduates a year	$19,024	$35,259	$13,641	1st of 1

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

5 more associate's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

All 5 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania
1	Criminal JusticeGraduates a year not reported	$69,937	$80,050	$18,888	1st of 4
2	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 22 graduates a year	$38,645	Not reported	$9,500	1st of 9
3	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 61 graduates a year	$38,240	$39,135	$14,625	1st of 7
4	Culinary ArtsAbout 21 graduates a year	$28,885	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 3
5	Massage TherapyGraduates a year not reported	$22,311	Not reported	$18,333	2nd of 7

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$78,511
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$49,729
Accounting$48,832
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$48,626
Criminal Justice$47,990

Lowest median debt

Business$11,000
Clinical and Counseling Psychology$12,000
Liberal Arts and General Studies$12,500
Criminal Justice$13,335
Fine and Studio Arts$13,641

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 234 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 164 graduates a year
NursingAbout 96 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 76 graduates a year
Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 27 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $78,511 in their first year, the most of 12 Montgomery County 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 Pennsylvania 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