Which Seattle Central College associate's program has the lowest debt?

Liberal Arts and General Studies graduates leave with a median of $9,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Seattle Central College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Seattle Central College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $5,184 a year, and $5,745 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $8,819 a year.

How many Seattle Central College programs report graduate pay?

One bachelor's program and 3 associate's programs at Seattle Central College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Seattle Central College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Seattle, WA
3,953 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

3 Seattle Central College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($83,117), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($28,025). The median program pays $29,775. Seattle Central College also has one bachelor's program that reports pay.

In-state tuition and fees$5,184Per year. Out-of-state $5,745

Average net price after aid$8,819Per year

Graduation rate32%Within 6 years

One bachelor's program

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Washington
Health SciencesAbout 54 graduates a year	$71,275	Not reported	$18,625	1st of 2

All 3 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Washington" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Washington. 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 Washington
1	NursingAbout 134 graduates a year	$83,117	Not reported	$18,312	4th of 23
2	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 63 graduates a year	$29,775	Not reported	$14,085	1st of 2
3	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 318 graduates a year	$28,025	$36,524	$9,500	12th of 24

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

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

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $83,117 in their first year, the most of 3 Seattle Central 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 Washington 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