North Country Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- Public college
- Saranac Lake, NY
- 819 undergraduates
College Scorecard June 2026 release
The short answer
6 North Country Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($69,472), and Sales and Merchandising the least ($14,976). The median program pays $40,734. North Country Community College also has one certificate program that reports pay.
All 6 associate's programs, ranked
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across New York. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.
Program names link to the program's own page, and New York 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 New York programs in the field do too.
One certificate program
Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across New York.
Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field.
Quick picks: associate's programs
Highest first-year pay
- Nursing$69,472
- Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$54,327
- Health Sciences$50,293
- Criminal Justice$31,175
- Liberal Arts and General Studies$24,113
Lowest median debt
- Liberal Arts and General Studies$12,000
- Health Sciences$17,110
- Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$20,750
- Nursing$27,721
Largest programs
- NursingAbout 50 graduates a year
- Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 25 graduates a year
- Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 10 graduates a year
- Health SciencesAbout 7 graduates a year
- Criminal JusticeAbout 4 graduates a year
Common questions
Nursing graduates earn a median of $69,472 in their first year, the most of 6 North Country Community College associate's programs that report pay.
Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $12,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 4 North Country Community College associate's programs that report debt.
In-state tuition and fees are $6,682 a year, and $9,370 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $11,868 a year.
6 associate's programs and one certificate program at North Country Community College report first-year pay, and 5 of them also report federal debt.
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 New York 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