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

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $5,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Morton College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Morton College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $5,502 a year, and $12,414 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $5,191 a year.

How many Morton College programs report graduate pay?

5 associate's programs and one certificate program at Morton College report first-year pay, and 3 of them also report federal debt.

Morton College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Cicero, IL
2,640 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

5 Morton College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($65,090), and Biological and Physical Sciences the least ($22,435). The median program pays $31,829. Morton College also has one certificate program that reports pay.

In-district tuition and fees$5,502Per year. Out-of-state $12,414

Average net price after aid$5,191Per year

Graduation rate31%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 5 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Illinois. 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 Illinois
1	NursingAbout 61 graduates a year	$65,090	$83,366	$11,702	23rd of 34
2	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 18 graduates a year	$42,975	$49,250	Not reported	4th of 14
3	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 186 graduates a year	$31,829	$41,269	$5,500	6th of 41
4	Criminal JusticeAbout 10 graduates a year	$31,143	$41,713	Not reported	3rd of 5
5	Biological and Physical SciencesAbout 109 graduates a year	$22,435	$40,630	$6,000	20th of 23

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

One certificate program

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Illinois" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Illinois.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Illinois
Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 28 graduates a year	$23,252	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $65,090 in their first year, the most of 5 Morton 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 Illinois 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