Which North Shore Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $9,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 8 North Shore Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does North Shore Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,352 a year, and $10,920 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $9,000 a year.

How many North Shore Community College programs report graduate pay?

8 associate's programs and one certificate program at North Shore Community College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

North Shore Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Danvers, MA
4,393 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 North Shore Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Fire Science pays the most in the first year ($90,948), and Criminal Justice the least ($32,379). The median program pays $39,952. North Shore Community College also has one certificate program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$5,352Per year. Out-of-state $10,920

Average net price after aid$9,000Per year

Graduation rate18%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 8 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	Fire ScienceAbout 29 graduates a year	$90,948	Not reported	$10,192	1st of 1
2	NursingAbout 53 graduates a year	$72,803	$78,800	$19,663	11th of 17
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 38 graduates a year	$62,934	$73,965	$18,833	6th of 8
4	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 28 graduates a year	$44,926	$52,741	$27,000	1st of 3
5	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 37 graduates a year	$34,978	$40,058	$9,622	1st of 2
6	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 53 graduates a year	$33,638	$46,319	$10,224	3rd of 3
7	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 190 graduates a year	$33,353	$48,997	$9,000	5th of 14
8	Criminal JusticeAbout 25 graduates a year	$32,379	$55,146	$9,656	10th of 11

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.

One certificate program

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 24 graduates a year	$55,336	$70,986	$13,119	7th of 13

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

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Fire Science$90,948
Nursing$72,803
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$62,934
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$44,926
Human Development and Family Studies$34,978

Lowest median debt

Liberal Arts and General Studies$9,000
Human Development and Family Studies$9,622
Criminal Justice$9,656
Fire Science$10,192
Health and Medical Administration$10,224

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 190 graduates a year
NursingAbout 53 graduates a year
Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 53 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 38 graduates a year
Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 37 graduates a year

Common questions

Fire Science graduates earn a median of $90,948 in their first year, the most of 8 North Shore 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