Associate's · Tulsa, Oklahoma
Is Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at Tulsa Community College worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 9.9 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $34,972
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $40,178
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $8,158
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $33k (likely $33k – $46k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $5k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in OK
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9.9 years (likely 5.6–20+)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$76k (likely −$126k – −$19k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $6k (likely −$107k – $139k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 34%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Tulsa Community College
- Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (Associate's)$82,742
- Engineering, General (Associate's)$81,685
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$80,331
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's)$63,374
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Associate's)$55,027
- Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other (Associate's)$54,822
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Associate's)$53,813
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$52,500
- Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (Associate's)$52,465
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Associate's)$49,897
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Associate's)$46,639
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (Associate's)$41,439
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities at other schools in Oklahoma
- Mid-America Christian University$62,432
- Oklahoma Panhandle State University$50,227
- Oklahoma Wesleyan University$47,739
- Oklahoma City Community College$46,903
- Murray State College$43,947
- Redlands Community College$42,580
- Eastern Oklahoma State College$41,732
- Rose State College$41,416
- Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College$41,021
- Carl Albert State College$38,771