Certificate Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Programs with the Lowest Student Debt

Certificate Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Programs with the Lowest Student Debt, ranked by median federal program debt. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 83 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina$2,750——$1k$38k30%10,5127 mi 2Saddleback CollegeMission Viejo, California$5,500——$4k$51k48%17,6846 mi 3Santiago Canyon CollegeOrange, California$5,500——$2k$45k48%10,57915 mi 4Southside Virginia Community CollegeAlberta, Virginia$5,500——$5k$32k42%1,80748 mi 5Virginia Highlands Community CollegeAbingdon, Virginia$5,500——$5k$33k40%1,349264 mi 6Chesapeake CollegeWye Mills, Maryland$5,500——$5k$36k35%1,3204 mi 7McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, Illinois$5,662——$7k$45k37%4,69128 mi 8East Los Angeles CollegeMonterey Park, California$5,701——$11k$42k37%27,75318 mi 9Gavilan CollegeGilroy, California$5,939——$7k$47k42%4,78616 mi 10San Diego Mesa CollegeSan Diego, California$6,125——$6k$45k35%16,0985 mi 11Imperial Valley CollegeImperial, California$6,176——$1k$34k45%7,65265 mi 12Rappahannock Community CollegeGlenns, Virginia$6,333——$4k$36k45%1,3676 mi 13San Diego Miramar CollegeSan Diego, California$6,500——$3k$48k48%11,2718 mi 14Hartnell CollegeSalinas, California$6,500——$2k$44k40%9,4536 mi 15Paris Junior CollegeParis, Texas$6,575——$8k$37k38%2,204271 mi 16Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City, Utah$6,625——$10k$48k29%18,136540 mi 17Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California$6,625——$6k$43k36%18,13241 mi 18Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah$7,00082%—$10k$50k61%9,289390 mi 19Modesto Junior CollegeModesto, California$7,065——$3k$42k30%15,10934 mi 20Santa Ana CollegeSanta Ana, California$7,227——$3k$44k31%22,48510 mi 21Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California$7,412——$16k$44k38%8,0021 mi 22Diablo Valley CollegePleasant Hill, California$7,500——$8k$51k49%15,3585 mi 23Patrick & Henry Community CollegeMartinsville, Virginia$7,500——$4k$33k42%1,350149 mi 24Victor Valley CollegeVictorville, California$7,550——$2k$36k62%4,21070 mi 25Irvine Valley CollegeIrvine, California$7,590——$2k$49k57%10,2868 mi 26College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California$7,750——$4k$49k45%15,83225 mi 27San Diego City CollegeSan Diego, California$7,935——$8k$39k30%10,4411 mi 28York Technical CollegeRock Hill, South Carolina$8,000——$6k$37k30%3,816146 mi 29University of Arkansas-East Arkansas Community CollegeForrest City, Arkansas$8,000——$7k$28k51%554323 mi 30Germanna Community CollegeLocust Grove, Virginia$8,187——$6k$40k46%5,50823 mi 31Blue Ridge Community CollegeWeyers Cave, Virginia$8,250——$14k$43k40%2,73086 mi 32College of Southern MarylandLa Plata, Maryland$8,262——$9k$44k33%4,5125 mi 33Brightpoint Community CollegeChester, Virginia$8,750——$5k$41k38%5,7927 mi 34Three Rivers CollegePoplar Bluff, Missouri$8,875——$8k$32k33%1,844373 mi 35Danville Community CollegeDanville, Virginia$9,000——$7k$32k39%1,306129 mi 36Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana$9,052——$7k$37k41%58,267138 mi 37Los Angeles Valley CollegeValley Glen, California$9,125——$12k$43k32%12,60112 mi 38Piedmont Virginia Community CollegeCharlottesville, Virginia$9,250——$6k$41k39%3,04566 mi 39Merced CollegeMerced, California$9,300——$5k$38k36%10,00170 mi 40Coalinga CollegeCoalinga, California$9,331——$10k$38k43%2,52257 mi 41Wytheville Community CollegeWytheville, Virginia$9,375——$5k$34k47%1,255210 mi 42Los Medanos CollegePittsburg, California$9,500——$7k$42k41%7,3202 mi 43Shasta CollegeRedding, California$9,500——$3k$39k23%6,12894 mi 44Lemoore CollegeLemoore, California$9,500——$11k$40k49%3,37384 mi 45Los Angeles City CollegeLos Angeles, California$9,545——$10k$36k29%11,19812 mi 46Central Virginia Community CollegeLynchburg, Virginia$9,705——$7k$37k45%2,249105 mi 47Cochise County Community College DistrictSierra Vista, Arizona$9,750——$8k$38k30%3,096168 mi 48East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba, Mississippi$9,875——$5k$34k48%2,838147 mi 49Central Arizona CollegeCoolidge, Arizona$10,115——$5k$41k27%4,912148 mi 50Yavapai CollegePrescott, Arizona$10,362——$9k$40k34%3,988218 mi 51Virginia Peninsula Community CollegeHampton, Virginia$10,375——$7k$38k34%3,9413 mi 52Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri$10,500——$8k$41k34%10,649414 mi 53Northern Virginia Community CollegeAnnandale, Virginia$10,750——$10k$54k33%33,04810 mi 54Coconino Community CollegeFlagstaff, Arizona$10,750——$14k$40k24%2,426277 mi 55J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeRichmond, Virginia$11,000——$5k$40k32%5,58623 mi 56Virginia Western Community CollegeRoanoke, Virginia$11,075——$5k$39k40%3,898148 mi 57North Idaho CollegeCoeur d'Alene, Idaho$11,103——$11k$40k38%2,619251 mi 58NorthWest Arkansas Community CollegeBentonville, Arkansas$11,107——$7k$44k31%4,953441 mi 59Northeast Iowa Community CollegeCalmar, Iowa$11,821——$11k$41k51%1,697199 mi 60College of Western IdahoNampa, Idaho$12,000——$9k—31%6,459371 mi 61Vincennes UniversityVincennes, Indiana$12,000——$11k$41k39%3,657204 mi 62Lewis and Clark Community CollegeGodfrey, Illinois$12,000——$3k$38k44%2,487237 mi 63City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeChicago, Illinois$12,146——$6k$42k31%4,3727 mi 64Edison State Community CollegePiqua, Ohio$12,799——$7k$41k38%1,302108 mi 65Clackamas Community CollegeOregon City, Oregon$13,915——$8k$43k23%4,96365 mi 66Mid Michigan CollegeHarrison, Michigan$14,100——$8k$37k28%2,09842 mi 67Southeast Arkansas CollegePine Bluff, Arkansas$14,484——$19k$34k28%851284 mi 68University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical CollegeNorth Little Rock, Arkansas$14,750——$14k$35k36%4,118327 mi 69Montcalm Community CollegeSidney, Michigan$14,750——$7k$35k31%1,12258 mi 70Tidewater Community CollegeNorfolk, Virginia$14,942——$12k$38k32%12,082< 1 mi 71City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman CollegeChicago, Illinois$15,375——$8k$36k32%2,505< 1 mi 72National Park CollegeHot Springs, Arkansas$15,500——$13k$32k35%1,789315 mi 73City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeChicago, Illinois$16,875——$9k$28k31%1,7773 mi 74City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X CollegeChicago, Illinois$17,700——$7k$32k18%6,4093 mi 75City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington CollegeChicago, Illinois$17,750——$7k$37k26%4,2071 mi 76Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana$17,91750%1364$15k$72k83%44,50385 mi 77Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana$20,50078%1313$16k$64k80%37,806174 mi 78Delgado Community CollegeNew Orleans, Louisiana$23,952——$10k$33k24%11,6683 mi 79Henry Ford CollegeDearborn, Michigan$24,750——$660$35k17%8,6437 mi 80University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin$29,33391%1090$15k$55k49%16,758< 1 mi 81Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$30,12561%1337$33k$63k86%42,284124 mi 82Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$30,12591%1248$20k$63k34%7,877124 mi 83Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, Pennsylvania$30,12599%1174$24k$63k32%1,87247 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.