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

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $10,625 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 Orange County Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Orange County Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $6,526 a year, and $12,334 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $6,794 a year.

How many Orange County Community College programs report graduate pay?

7 associate's programs at Orange County Community College report first-year pay, and 5 of them also report federal debt.

Orange County Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Middletown, NY
3,989 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Orange County Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($79,188), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($20,630). The median program pays $36,111.

In-state tuition and fees$6,526Per year. Out-of-state $12,334

Average net price after aid$6,794Per year

Graduation rate25%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 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	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
1	NursingAbout 116 graduates a year	$79,188	$95,291	$21,159	13th of 45
2	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 17 graduates a year	$64,661	$59,353	Not reported	1st of 11
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 29 graduates a year	$51,727	$48,838	$12,728	1st of 25
4	Criminal JusticeAbout 43 graduates a year	$36,111	$52,001	$14,250	6th of 34
5	Business AdministrationAbout 50 graduates a year	$29,595	$47,793	$12,000	19th of 32
6	Graphic CommunicationsAbout 13 graduates a year	$22,181	$25,954	Not reported	2nd of 3
7	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 211 graduates a year	$20,630	$41,983	$10,625	40th of 46

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.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$79,188
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$64,661
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$51,727
Criminal Justice$36,111
Business Administration$29,595

Lowest median debt

Liberal Arts and General Studies$10,625
Business Administration$12,000
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$12,728
Criminal Justice$14,250
Nursing$21,159

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 211 graduates a year
NursingAbout 116 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 50 graduates a year
Criminal JusticeAbout 43 graduates a year
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 29 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $79,188 in their first year, the most of 7 Orange County 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 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