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

Subject-Area Teacher Education graduates leave with a median of $10,119 in federal loans, the lowest among 17 Ozarks Technical Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Ozarks Technical Community College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $4,512 a year, and $7,200 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $6,936 a year.

How many Ozarks Technical Community College programs report graduate pay?

21 associate's programs and 6 certificate programs at Ozarks Technical Community College report first-year pay, and 22 of them also report federal debt.

Ozarks Technical Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Springfield, MO
8,165 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

21 Ozarks Technical Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Electrician Training pays the most in the first year ($62,177), and Subject-Area Teacher Education the least ($21,220). The median program pays $34,644. Ozarks Technical Community College also has 6 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$4,512Per year. Out-of-state $7,200

Average net price after aid$6,936Per year

Graduation rate33%Within 6 years

All 21 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Missouri" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Missouri. 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 Missouri
1	Electrician TrainingAbout 39 graduates a year	$62,177	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
2	NursingAbout 38 graduates a year	$61,192	$62,947	$18,250	15th of 20
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 46 graduates a year	$51,282	$48,705	$19,200	7th of 13
4	Computer NetworkingAbout 12 graduates a year	$44,381	$46,949	$17,101	1st of 2
5	Welding and MachiningAbout 22 graduates a year	$40,696	$48,272	Not reported	3rd of 3
6	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 14 graduates a year	$39,980	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
7	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 29 graduates a year	$38,770	$41,149	$14,747	4th of 11
8	Computer ProgrammingAbout 33 graduates a year	$37,074	$43,409	$14,029	3rd of 3
9	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 49 graduates a year	$36,855	$48,887	$11,000	4th of 4
10	AccountingAbout 45 graduates a year	$35,169	$34,606	$21,907	1st of 1
11	Business AdministrationAbout 146 graduates a year	$34,644	Not reported	$13,274	3rd of 6
12	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 15 graduates a year	$34,260	Not reported	$14,875	3rd of 5
13	Communications TechnologyAbout 25 graduates a year	$32,713	$27,827	Not reported	1st of 1
14	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 27 graduates a year	$32,633	$44,304	$14,691	3rd of 3
15	MarketingAbout 33 graduates a year	$30,456	$32,184	$30,927	1st of 1
16	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 15 graduates a year	$27,003	$28,807	$21,000	1st of 3
17	Other Health ProfessionsAbout 33 graduates a year	$26,962	$47,073	$20,626	1st of 1
18	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 467 graduates a year	$26,787	$36,903	$12,567	6th of 14
19	Graphic CommunicationsAbout 24 graduates a year	$26,436	$25,483	$19,500	1st of 1
20	Culinary ArtsAbout 27 graduates a year	$25,879	$30,961	$10,501	2nd of 2
21	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 71 graduates a year	$21,220	$33,171	$10,119	2nd of 3

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

All 6 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Missouri" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Missouri. 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 Missouri
1	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 5 graduates a year	$45,344	$56,370	$20,991	2nd of 5
2	Practical NursingAbout 84 graduates a year	$39,101	$49,840	$15,125	15th of 20
3	HVACAbout 43 graduates a year	$38,862	$42,880	Not reported	3rd of 4
4	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 89 graduates a year	$38,457	$42,011	$11,000	1st of 5
5	Welding and MachiningAbout 60 graduates a year	$32,817	$40,703	$4,737	3rd of 3
6	Other Health ProfessionsAbout 195 graduates a year	$28,231	$47,129	$13,917	1st of 1

4 more certificate programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Electrician Training$62,177
Nursing$61,192
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$51,282
Computer Networking$44,381
Welding and Machining$40,696

Lowest median debt

Subject-Area Teacher Education$10,119
Culinary Arts$10,501
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$11,000
Liberal Arts and General Studies$12,567
Business Administration$13,274

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 467 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 146 graduates a year
Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 71 graduates a year
Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 49 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 46 graduates a year

Common questions

Electrician Training graduates earn a median of $62,177 in their first year, the most of 21 Ozarks Technical 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 Missouri 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