How much does Northampton County Area Community College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $5,550 a year, and $15,270 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $12,119 a year.

How many Northampton County Area Community College programs report graduate pay?

17 associate's programs and one certificate program at Northampton County Area Community College report first-year pay, and 13 of them also report federal debt.

Northampton County Area Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: Which Northampton County Area Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Teacher Education graduates leave with a median of $13,796 in federal loans, the lowest among 12 Northampton County Area Community College associate's programs that report debt.

Public college
Bethlehem, PA
7,667 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

17 Northampton County Area Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($73,236), and Design and Applied Arts the least ($19,022). The median program pays $32,407. Northampton County Area Community College also has one certificate program that reports pay.

In-district tuition and fees$5,550Per year. Out-of-state $15,270

Average net price after aid$12,119Per year

Graduation rate24%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 17 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania
1	NursingAbout 62 graduates a year	$73,236	$75,103	$26,000	6th of 17
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 35 graduates a year	$54,892	Not reported	$23,417	9th of 19
3	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 24 graduates a year	$50,692	$58,392	$19,690	3rd of 8
4	Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceAbout 16 graduates a year	$39,949	Not reported	$18,500	2nd of 2
5	Hospitality ManagementAbout 10 graduates a year	$37,199	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
6	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 14 graduates a year	$34,335	Not reported	Not reported	5th of 7
7	Business AdministrationAbout 23 graduates a year	$33,977	$35,375	$21,132	5th of 8
8	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 15 graduates a year	$33,081	$65,626	Not reported	8th of 8
9	AccountingAbout 28 graduates a year	$32,407	$48,072	Not reported	4th of 4
10	Criminal JusticeAbout 44 graduates a year	$31,430	$47,582	$17,449	10th of 12
11	CommunicationsAbout 11 graduates a year	$30,471	$41,228	$17,500	1st of 2
12	BusinessAbout 79 graduates a year	$28,503	$53,143	$14,125	8th of 9
13	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 19 graduates a year	$28,122	$32,196	$23,613	7th of 8
14	Teacher EducationAbout 55 graduates a year	$26,956	Not reported	$13,796	3rd of 7
15	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 118 graduates a year	$23,879	$36,328	$15,250	15th of 18
16	Audiovisual TechnologyAbout 19 graduates a year	$20,022	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
17	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 29 graduates a year	$19,022	$30,533	$15,250	2nd of 2

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

2 more associate's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

One certificate program

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Pennsylvania
Practical NursingAbout 19 graduates a year	$49,105	Not reported	$23,033	12th of 35

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

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$73,236
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$54,892
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$50,692
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science$39,949
Hospitality Management$37,199

Lowest median debt

Teacher Education$13,796
Business$14,125
Liberal Arts and General Studies$15,250
Design and Applied Arts$15,250
Criminal Justice$17,449

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 118 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 79 graduates a year
NursingAbout 62 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 55 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 44 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $73,236 in their first year, the most of 17 Northampton County Area 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 Pennsylvania 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