Program Payoff

Arkansas State University

Jonesboro, Arkansas. 33 certificate and associate programs, public. 33 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Arkansas.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing Associate's degree $15,750 $54,766 (87) $78,940
Registered Nurses
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Associate's degree $13,864 $44,384 (12) $37,760
Medical Assistants
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Associate's degree $17,477 (34) $54,620
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Accounting and Related Services Associate's degree not published $42,840
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Undergraduate certificate not published $63,640
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Associate's degree not published $63,640
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management Undergraduate certificate not published $87,520
Managers, All Other
Business Administration, Management and Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $74,050
General and Operations Managers
Business/Commerce, General Undergraduate certificate not published $74,050
General and Operations Managers
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions Associate's degree not published $124,890
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Communication and Media Studies Undergraduate certificate not published $65,000
Public Relations Specialists
Criminal Justice and Corrections Associate's degree not published $35,770
Security Guards
Data Processing Associate's degree not published $86,940
Computer Occupations, All Other
Data Science Undergraduate certificate not published $104,490
Software Developers
Design and Applied Arts Undergraduate certificate not published $54,620
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians Undergraduate certificate not published $38,950
Medical Equipment Repairers
Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians Associate's degree not published $46,370
Surveying and Mapping Technicians
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, Other Associate's degree not published
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $74,050
General and Operations Managers
General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations Undergraduate certificate not published $55,120
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
Homeland Security Associate's degree not published $87,520
Managers, All Other
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Undergraduate certificate not published $54,620
Postsecondary Teachers, All Other
Management Information Systems and Services Undergraduate certificate not published $127,220
Computer and Information Systems Managers
Management Information Systems and Services Associate's degree not published $127,220
Computer and Information Systems Managers
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods Associate's degree not published $74,050
General and Operations Managers
Marketing Undergraduate certificate not published $65,430
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions Undergraduate certificate not published $124,890
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Psychology, Other Undergraduate certificate not published $87,520
Managers, All Other
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication Undergraduate certificate not published $52,290
Training and Development Specialists
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication Undergraduate certificate not published $87,520
Managers, All Other
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics Undergraduate certificate not published $59,660
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness Undergraduate certificate not published $38,930
Coaches and Scouts
Statistics Undergraduate certificate not published $105,720
Statisticians

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.