Which Nashville State Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Computer and Information Science graduates leave with a median of $9,125 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Nashville State Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Nashville State Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,730 a year, and $17,714 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $6,777 a year.

How many Nashville State Community College programs report graduate pay?

9 associate's programs and 3 certificate programs at Nashville State Community College report first-year pay, and 7 of them also report federal debt.

Nashville State Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Nashville, TN
5,653 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

9 Nashville State Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($63,235), and Design and Applied Arts the least ($27,412). The median program pays $40,023. Nashville State Community College also has 3 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$4,730Per year. Out-of-state $17,714

Average net price after aid$6,777Per year

Graduation rate18%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 9 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Tennessee" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Tennessee. 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 Tennessee
1	NursingAbout 57 graduates a year	$63,235	$74,578	$25,500	10th of 15
2	Electrical Engineering TechnologyAbout 10 graduates a year	$52,424	$84,134	Not reported	1st of 2
3	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 25 graduates a year	$42,160	Not reported	$9,125	2nd of 8
4	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 25 graduates a year	$40,411	$49,643	$24,200	4th of 12
5	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 13 graduates a year	$40,023	$45,051	Not reported	1st of 3
6	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 15 graduates a year	$40,000	Not reported	Not reported	11th of 12
7	Business AdministrationAbout 51 graduates a year	$34,306	$44,371	$15,687	4th of 13
8	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 451 graduates a year	$29,280	$44,360	$13,309	2nd of 15
9	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 11 graduates a year	$27,412	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2

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

All 3 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Tennessee" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Tennessee. 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 Tennessee
1	Electromechanical TechnologyAbout 6 graduates a year	$50,556	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsGraduates a year not reported	$40,196	$51,695	$15,266	10th of 16
3	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 7 graduates a year	$37,468	Not reported	$14,125	1st of 2

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$63,235
Electrical Engineering Technology$52,424
Computer and Information Science$42,160
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$40,411
Health and Medical Administration$40,023

Lowest median debt

Computer and Information Science$9,125
Liberal Arts and General Studies$13,309
Business Administration$15,687
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$24,200
Nursing$25,500

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 451 graduates a year
NursingAbout 57 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 51 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 25 graduates a year
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 25 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $63,235 in their first year, the most of 9 Nashville State 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 Tennessee 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