Which Rowan-Cabarrus Community College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $8,719 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Rowan-Cabarrus Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Rowan-Cabarrus Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $2,064 a year, and $6,672 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $7,981 a year.

How many Rowan-Cabarrus Community College programs report graduate pay?

7 associate's programs and 6 certificate programs at Rowan-Cabarrus Community College report first-year pay, and 9 of them also report federal debt.

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Salisbury, NC
4,164 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Rowan-Cabarrus Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($67,501), and Teacher Education the least ($24,148). The median program pays $30,022. Rowan-Cabarrus Community College also has 6 certificate programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$2,064Per year. Out-of-state $6,672

Average net price after aid$7,981Per year

Graduation rate35%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 North Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across North Carolina. 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 North Carolina
1	NursingAbout 79 graduates a year	$67,501	$72,629	$12,062	28th of 53
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 17 graduates a year	$50,837	Not reported	$13,160	16th of 22
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 25 graduates a year	$37,465	Not reported	Not reported	4th of 16
4	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 14 graduates a year	$30,022	$37,844	Not reported	10th of 15
5	Business AdministrationAbout 28 graduates a year	$28,870	$37,684	Not reported	16th of 19
6	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 475 graduates a year	$27,726	$40,721	$8,719	20th of 49
7	Teacher EducationAbout 37 graduates a year	$24,148	Not reported	Not reported	6th of 11

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

All 6 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in North Carolina" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across North Carolina. 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 North Carolina
1	Criminal JusticeAbout 43 graduates a year	$46,993	$55,540	$10,625	8th of 14
2	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 155 graduates a year	$34,853	$43,581	$8,609	5th of 6
3	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 50 graduates a year	$26,220	$33,259	$10,875	10th of 12
4	Business AdministrationAbout 25 graduates a year	$24,848	$33,453	$10,253	13th of 15
5	Teacher EducationAbout 61 graduates a year	$24,497	Not reported	$7,000	7th of 7
6	CosmetologyAbout 118 graduates a year	$22,578	$26,704	$16,500	4th of 22

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

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$67,501
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$50,837
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$37,465
Health and Medical Administration$30,022
Business Administration$28,870

Lowest median debt

Liberal Arts and General Studies$8,719
Nursing$12,062
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$13,160

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 475 graduates a year
NursingAbout 79 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 37 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 28 graduates a year
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 25 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $67,501 in their first year, the most of 7 Rowan-Cabarrus 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 North Carolina 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