Which Somerset Community College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Welding and Machining graduates leave with a median of $8,439 in federal loans, the lowest among 10 Somerset Community College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Somerset Community College cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $4,728 a year, and $6,432 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $4,398 a year.

How many Somerset Community College programs report graduate pay?

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

Somerset Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Somerset, KY
4,166 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

11 Somerset Community College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Heavy Equipment Maintenance pays the most in the first year ($55,793), and Cosmetology the least ($11,565). The median program pays $34,245. Somerset Community College also has 10 associate's programs that report pay.

In-state tuition and fees$4,728Per year. Out-of-state $6,432

Average net price after aid$4,398Per year

Graduation rate43%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 10 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kentucky" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Kentucky. 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 Kentucky
1	NursingAbout 65 graduates a year	$62,747	$69,162	$15,842	18th of 26
2	Heavy Equipment MaintenanceAbout 20 graduates a year	$57,318	$64,747	Not reported	6th of 8
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 14 graduates a year	$46,829	$47,997	Not reported	1st of 7
4	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 42 graduates a year	$45,358	$47,046	$11,281	10th of 13
5	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 17 graduates a year	$37,343	$42,962	$8,900	5th of 8
6	Business AdministrationAbout 42 graduates a year	$33,171	$32,282	$16,361	9th of 11
7	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 51 graduates a year	$31,643	$31,828	$13,023	5th of 7
8	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 22 graduates a year	$27,035	$28,253	$33,302	4th of 11
9	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 324 graduates a year	$24,279	$33,004	$12,625	17th of 19
10	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 11 graduates a year	$14,888	$20,574	$11,364	3rd of 3

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

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

All 11 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Kentucky" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Kentucky. 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 Kentucky
1	Heavy Equipment MaintenanceAbout 96 graduates a year	$55,793	Not reported	Not reported	7th of 8
2	Electrician TrainingAbout 208 graduates a year	$46,259	Not reported	$9,500	5th of 8
3	Welding and MachiningAbout 178 graduates a year	$41,415	Not reported	$8,439	6th of 10
4	Business AdministrationAbout 220 graduates a year	$35,189	Not reported	$15,805	6th of 10
5	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 126 graduates a year	$34,992	Not reported	$9,000	7th of 9
6	Criminal JusticeAbout 64 graduates a year	$34,245	Not reported	$15,899	2nd of 2
7	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 207 graduates a year	$30,857	$45,846	$9,586	5th of 6
8	Practical NursingAbout 238 graduates a year	$28,953	$46,467	$9,096	13th of 17
9	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 150 graduates a year	$26,674	Not reported	$25,693	8th of 15
10	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 69 graduates a year	$15,587	Not reported	$10,287	3rd of 4
11	CosmetologyAbout 67 graduates a year	$11,565	$15,653	$11,832	11th of 13

Quick picks: certificate programs

Highest first-year pay

Heavy Equipment Maintenance$55,793
Electrician Training$46,259
Welding and Machining$41,415
Business Administration$35,189
Computer and Information Science$34,992

Lowest median debt

Welding and Machining$8,439
Computer and Information Science$9,000
Practical Nursing$9,096
Electrician Training$9,500
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$9,586

Largest programs

Practical NursingAbout 238 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 220 graduates a year
Electrician TrainingAbout 208 graduates a year
Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 207 graduates a year
Welding and MachiningAbout 178 graduates a year

Common questions

Heavy Equipment Maintenance graduates earn a median of $55,793 in their first year, the most of 11 Somerset Community College certificate 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 Kentucky 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