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

Criminal Justice graduates leave with a median of $6,334 in federal loans, the lowest among 14 Salt Lake Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Salt Lake Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,426 a year, and $14,244 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $9,804 a year.

How many Salt Lake Community College programs report graduate pay?

16 associate's programs and one certificate program at Salt Lake Community College report first-year pay, and 15 of them also report federal debt.

Salt Lake Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Salt Lake City, UT
18,136 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

16 Salt Lake Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($64,223), and Graphic Communications the least ($23,932). The median program pays $39,703. Salt Lake Community College also has one certificate program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$4,426Per year. Out-of-state $14,244

Average net price after aid$9,804Per year

Graduation rate29%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 16 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Utah" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Utah. 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 Utah
1	NursingAbout 239 graduates a year	$64,223	$71,076	$15,085	2nd of 6
2	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 138 graduates a year	$55,961	$83,736	$10,250	1st of 1
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 47 graduates a year	$54,072	$64,574	$13,500	1st of 3
4	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 53 graduates a year	$51,047	$62,416	$12,500	1st of 1
5	Criminal JusticeAbout 104 graduates a year	$44,042	$57,675	$6,334	1st of 1
6	BusinessAbout 242 graduates a year	$43,359	$60,960	$9,525	1st of 1
7	Health SciencesAbout 133 graduates a year	$40,593	$64,034	$11,750	1st of 2
8	Paralegal StudiesAbout 25 graduates a year	$39,729	$49,153	$12,250	1st of 1
9	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 22 graduates a year	$39,676	$39,943	$9,357	1st of 2
10	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 955 graduates a year	$35,804	$50,966	$8,000	1st of 7
11	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 63 graduates a year	$34,862	$40,221	$14,136	4th of 4
12	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 67 graduates a year	$34,227	$33,160	$10,766	1st of 1
13	PsychologyAbout 151 graduates a year	$32,619	$36,790	$8,432	1st of 1
14	Culinary ArtsAbout 18 graduates a year	$31,788	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 2
15	Audiovisual TechnologyAbout 44 graduates a year	$31,172	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
16	Graphic CommunicationsAbout 66 graduates a year	$23,932	Not reported	$11,375	1st of 1

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

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

One certificate program

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Utah" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Utah.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Utah
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 375 graduates a year	$57,428	Not reported	$11,000	1st of 3

One more certificate program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$64,223
Computer and Information Science$55,961
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$54,072
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$51,047
Criminal Justice$44,042

Lowest median debt

Criminal Justice$6,334
Liberal Arts and General Studies$8,000
Psychology$8,432
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$9,357
Business$9,525

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 955 graduates a year
BusinessAbout 242 graduates a year
NursingAbout 239 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 151 graduates a year
Computer and Information ScienceAbout 138 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $64,223 in their first year, the most of 16 Salt Lake 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 Utah 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