Which Mount Wachusett Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Human Development and Family Studies graduates leave with a median of $5,921 in federal loans, the lowest among 9 Mount Wachusett Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Mount Wachusett Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $6,160 a year, and $11,080 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $7,931 a year.

How many Mount Wachusett Community College programs report graduate pay?

10 associate's programs and 2 certificate programs at Mount Wachusett Community College report first-year pay, and 11 of them also report federal debt.

Mount Wachusett Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Gardner, MA
3,059 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

10 Mount Wachusett Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($74,618), and Human Services the least ($22,370). The median program pays $40,900. Mount Wachusett Community College also has 2 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$6,160Per year. Out-of-state $11,080

Average net price after aid$7,931Per year

Graduation rate24%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 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	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Massachusetts
1	NursingAbout 74 graduates a year	$74,618	$79,212	$22,175	7th of 17
2	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 14 graduates a year	$68,670	$60,911	Not reported	1st of 6
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 36 graduates a year	$44,710	$49,487	$14,650	2nd of 3
4	Business AdministrationAbout 23 graduates a year	$43,503	$46,055	$11,000	2nd of 10
5	BusinessAbout 31 graduates a year	$42,825	$53,518	$9,250	1st of 4
6	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 12 graduates a year	$38,975	Not reported	$9,834	1st of 2
7	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 67 graduates a year	$28,600	$37,114	$11,000	10th of 14
8	Criminal JusticeAbout 6 graduates a year	$27,226	$45,851	$13,753	11th of 11
9	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 12 graduates a year	$27,078	$27,799	$5,921	2nd of 2
10	Human ServicesAbout 17 graduates a year	$22,370	$34,238	$8,312	2nd of 2

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.

Both certificate programs

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Massachusetts
Practical NursingAbout 21 graduates a year	$62,720	$71,531	$14,435	3rd of 13
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 44 graduates a year	$45,300	$46,801	$11,079	1st of 6

Program names link to the program's own page, and Massachusetts ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

One more certificate program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$74,618
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$68,670
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$44,710
Business Administration$43,503
Business$42,825

Lowest median debt

Human Development and Family Studies$5,921
Human Services$8,312
Business$9,250
Computer and Information Science$9,834
Business Administration$11,000

Largest programs

NursingAbout 74 graduates a year
Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 67 graduates a year
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 36 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 31 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 23 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $74,618 in their first year, the most of 10 Mount Wachusett 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 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