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

Other Interdisciplinary Studies graduates leave with a median of $10,089 in federal loans, the lowest among 15 Sinclair Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Sinclair Community College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $3,675 a year, and $8,556 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $5,992 a year.

How many Sinclair Community College programs report graduate pay?

18 associate's programs and 11 certificate programs at Sinclair Community College report first-year pay, and 25 of them also report federal debt.

Sinclair Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Dayton, OH
13,308 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

18 Sinclair Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($69,403), and Design and Applied Arts the least ($24,490). The median program pays $35,173. Sinclair Community College also has 11 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$3,675Per year. Out-of-state $8,556

Average net price after aid$5,992Per year

Graduation rate41%Within 6 years

All 18 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Ohio" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Ohio. 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 Ohio
1	NursingAbout 97 graduates a year	$69,403	$68,837	$21,667	3rd of 33
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 118 graduates a year	$57,923	$64,254	$17,019	3rd of 22
3	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 27 graduates a year	$53,091	$56,201	$19,346	4th of 12
4	Mechanical Engineering TechnologyAbout 17 graduates a year	$48,312	Not reported	Not reported	3rd of 5
5	Computer NetworkingAbout 54 graduates a year	$45,772	$67,111	$17,816	1st of 1
6	Business AdministrationAbout 208 graduates a year	$45,758	$54,108	$13,980	2nd of 15
7	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 11 graduates a year	$45,022	Not reported	$12,822	5th of 6
8	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 14 graduates a year	$40,665	$35,989	$18,043	1st of 1
9	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 30 graduates a year	$36,636	$44,809	$20,437	4th of 7
10	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 108 graduates a year	$33,709	$39,779	$18,225	11th of 17
11	CommunicationsAbout 26 graduates a year	$32,284	$38,860	$11,944	2nd of 2
12	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 21 graduates a year	$31,456	$38,345	Not reported	4th of 4
13	PsychologyAbout 102 graduates a year	$29,717	Not reported	$13,661	2nd of 2
14	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 389 graduates a year	$28,086	$40,189	$12,500	16th of 19
15	Culinary ArtsAbout 27 graduates a year	$28,037	$34,535	Not reported	2nd of 2
16	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesGraduates a year not reported	$27,036	Not reported	$10,089	1st of 1
17	Teacher EducationAbout 76 graduates a year	$24,950	$34,692	$12,129	4th of 6
18	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 44 graduates a year	$24,490	$36,535	$11,000	1st of 2

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

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

All 11 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Ohio" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Ohio. 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 Ohio
1	Computer Engineering TechnologyAbout 47 graduates a year	$60,462	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
2	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 137 graduates a year	$43,380	$46,267	$7,750	1st of 15
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 91 graduates a year	$35,342	$67,972	$14,167	14th of 15
4	Real EstateAbout 220 graduates a year	$34,934	Not reported	$13,718	1st of 1
5	Criminal JusticeAbout 266 graduates a year	$29,888	$31,556	$8,190	11th of 11
6	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 89 graduates a year	$26,932	$31,207	$9,929	6th of 9
7	Practical NursingAbout 214 graduates a year	$24,297	$46,170	$8,600	41st of 41
8	Hospitality ManagementAbout 207 graduates a year	$22,960	$34,648	$5,500	1st of 1
9	Mental Health and Addiction ServicesAbout 398 graduates a year	$18,958	Not reported	$9,183	2nd of 2
10	Business AdministrationAbout 496 graduates a year	$13,181	Not reported	$9,266	4th of 4
11	Office AdministrationAbout 3,199 graduates a year	$12,405	Not reported	$6,147	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

Nursing$69,403
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$57,923
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$53,091
Mechanical Engineering Technology$48,312
Computer Networking$45,772

Lowest median debt

Other Interdisciplinary Studies$10,089
Design and Applied Arts$11,000
Communications$11,944
Teacher Education$12,129
Liberal Arts and General Studies$12,500

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 389 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 208 graduates a year
Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 118 graduates a year
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 108 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 102 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $69,403 in their first year, the most of 18 Sinclair 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 Ohio 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