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

Business Administration graduates leave with a median of $11,862 in federal loans, the lowest among 10 Oakland Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Oakland Community College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $3,020 a year, and $5,560 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $5,777 a year.

How many Oakland Community College programs report graduate pay?

13 associate's programs and 3 certificate programs at Oakland Community College report first-year pay, and 11 of them also report federal debt.

Oakland Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Auburn Hills, MI
12,748 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

13 Oakland Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($68,856), and American Sign Language the least ($28,103). The median program pays $40,424. Oakland Community College also has 3 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$3,020Per year. Out-of-state $5,560

Average net price after aid$5,777Per year

Graduation rate21%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 13 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Michigan" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Michigan. 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 Michigan
1	NursingAbout 122 graduates a year	$68,856	$65,602	$16,010	13th of 27
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 57 graduates a year	$55,731	$50,875	$17,250	6th of 17
3	Other Science TechnologyAbout 102 graduates a year	$53,078	$58,322	$12,024	1st of 1
4	Criminal JusticeAbout 28 graduates a year	$51,827	$68,864	$13,506	2nd of 13
5	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 18 graduates a year	$46,032	$42,646	Not reported	4th of 8
6	Drafting and Design TechnologyAbout 31 graduates a year	$45,844	Not reported	$13,750	2nd of 4
7	AccountingAbout 43 graduates a year	$40,424	$50,461	$21,496	1st of 3
8	Design and Applied ArtsGraduates a year not reported	$38,657	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 3
9	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 767 graduates a year	$37,347	$42,546	$12,843	1st of 27
10	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 84 graduates a year	$35,726	$46,193	$22,141	1st of 1
11	Business AdministrationAbout 200 graduates a year	$35,493	$52,285	$11,862	7th of 14
12	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 24 graduates a year	$30,486	$32,380	$17,310	1st of 4
13	American Sign LanguageGraduates a year not reported	$28,103	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1

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

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

All 3 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Michigan" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Michigan. 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 Michigan
1	Fire ScienceAbout 78 graduates a year	$44,178	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
2	Paralegal StudiesAbout 19 graduates a year	$42,262	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 113 graduates a year	$37,239	Not reported	$15,427	3rd of 3

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$68,856
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$55,731
Other Science Technology$53,078
Criminal Justice$51,827
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$46,032

Lowest median debt

Business Administration$11,862
Other Science Technology$12,024
Liberal Arts and General Studies$12,843
Criminal Justice$13,506
Drafting and Design Technology$13,750

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 767 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 200 graduates a year
NursingAbout 122 graduates a year
Other Science TechnologyAbout 102 graduates a year
Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 84 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $68,856 in their first year, the most of 13 Oakland 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 Michigan 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