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

Business Administration graduates leave with a median of $10,343 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 State Fair Community College associate's programs that report debt.

How much does State Fair Community College cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $4,176 a year, and $7,416 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $7,985 a year.

How many State Fair Community College programs report graduate pay?

5 associate's programs and one certificate program at State Fair Community College report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

State Fair Community College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Sedalia, MO
2,694 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

5 State Fair Community College associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($61,389), and Liberal Arts and General Studies the least ($26,386). The median program pays $36,652. State Fair Community College also has one certificate program that reports pay.

In-district tuition and fees$4,176Per year. Out-of-state $7,416

Average net price after aid$7,985Per year

Graduation rate44%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 5 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Missouri" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Missouri. 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 Missouri
1	NursingAbout 54 graduates a year	$61,389	$64,020	$19,525	14th of 20
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 25 graduates a year	$52,138	$54,140	$21,000	5th of 13
3	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 3 graduates a year	$36,652	$36,048	$18,927	1st of 5
4	Business AdministrationAbout 16 graduates a year	$26,944	$39,536	$10,343	5th of 6
5	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 381 graduates a year	$26,386	$36,437	$10,500	8th of 14

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

One certificate program

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Missouri
Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 9 graduates a year	$31,497	Not reported	$11,377	2nd of 3

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

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $61,389 in their first year, the most of 5 State Fair 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 Missouri 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