Which Tarrant County College District associate's program has the lowest debt?

Teacher Education graduates leave with a median of $9,750 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Tarrant County College District associate's programs that report debt.

How much does Tarrant County College District cost?

In-district tuition and fees are $1,863 a year, and $8,370 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $4,337 a year.

How many Tarrant County College District programs report graduate pay?

9 associate's programs and 3 certificate programs at Tarrant County College District report first-year pay, and 10 of them also report federal debt.

Tarrant County College District Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public college
Fort Worth, TX
42,300 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

9 Tarrant County College District associate's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($72,069), and Teacher Education the least ($24,507). The median program pays $43,700. Tarrant County College District also has 3 certificate programs that report pay.

In-district tuition and fees$1,863Per year. Out-of-state $8,370

Average net price after aid$4,337Per year

Graduation rate34%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 9 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Texas" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Texas. 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 Texas
1	NursingAbout 344 graduates a year	$72,069	$78,458	$16,610	24th of 49
2	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 24 graduates a year	$65,537	$60,094	Not reported	1st of 11
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 86 graduates a year	$57,721	$73,377	$17,249	15th of 36
4	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 91 graduates a year	$50,531	$71,094	$14,503	1st of 12
5	Business AdministrationAbout 194 graduates a year	$43,700	$48,878	$17,750	1st of 19
6	Paralegal StudiesAbout 25 graduates a year	$38,404	$48,930	Not reported	2nd of 5
7	Criminal JusticeAbout 38 graduates a year	$32,315	$40,832	$16,262	10th of 18
8	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 4,102 graduates a year	$30,179	$45,561	$10,944	14th of 47
9	Teacher EducationAbout 99 graduates a year	$24,507	$54,777	$9,750	5th of 13

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

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

All 3 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Texas" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Texas. 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 Texas
1	Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 146 graduates a year	$50,956	$62,971	$17,000	1st of 16
2	Business AdministrationAbout 448 graduates a year	$38,168	$48,794	$16,000	2nd of 5
3	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 155 graduates a year	$37,808	$54,842	$12,270	2nd of 2

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

Quick picks: associate's programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$72,069
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$65,537
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$57,721
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair$50,531
Business Administration$43,700

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 4,102 graduates a year
NursingAbout 344 graduates a year
Business AdministrationAbout 194 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 99 graduates a year
Vehicle Maintenance and RepairAbout 91 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $72,069 in their first year, the most of 9 Tarrant County College District 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 Texas 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