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

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $6,000 in federal loans, the lowest among 2 Northeast State Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Northeast State Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,782 a year, and $17,766 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $6,864 a year.

How many Northeast State Community College programs report graduate pay?

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

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

Public college
Blountville, TN
4,404 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Northeast State Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($65,160), and Business Administration the least ($18,572). The median program pays $28,385. Northeast State Community College also has one certificate program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$4,782Per year. Out-of-state $17,766

Average net price after aid$6,864Per year

Graduation rate33%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 7 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 47 graduates a year	$65,160	$64,707	$6,511	7th of 15
2	Electrical Engineering TechnologyAbout 45 graduates a year	$39,954	$55,297	Not reported	2nd of 2
3	Industrial TechnologyAbout 42 graduates a year	$34,861	$45,313	Not reported	2nd of 2
4	Office AdministrationAbout 20 graduates a year	$28,385	$31,312	Not reported	1st of 1
5	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 49 graduates a year	$27,882	$40,464	Not reported	8th of 8
6	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 447 graduates a year	$24,152	$37,744	$6,000	13th of 15
7	Business AdministrationAbout 51 graduates a year	$18,572	$37,995	Not reported	13th of 13

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.

One certificate program

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.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Tennessee
Basic Skills and Developmental EducationGraduates a year not reported	$78,417	$85,386	$6,700	1st of 1

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$65,160
Electrical Engineering Technology$39,954
Industrial Technology$34,861
Office Administration$28,385
Computer and Information Science$27,882

Lowest median debt

Liberal Arts and General Studies$6,000
Nursing$6,511

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 447 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 51 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 49 graduates a year
NursingAbout 47 graduates a year
Electrical Engineering TechnologyAbout 45 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $65,160 in their first year, the most of 7 Northeast 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