Mercer County Community College

West Windsor, New Jersey

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • Rural
  • 5,404 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Agriculture and horticulture

  • Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,375
  • Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business ServicesAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $37,113
  • Plant SciencesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,993

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Clinical lab technician

  • Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 24 finishedGraduates here earned $74,342 a year after finishingNationally: $52,694

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,167
  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
  • Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 21 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
  • Data Entry/Microcomputer ApplicationsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $27,643
  • Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 10 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417

Culinary arts

  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,130
  • Culinary Arts and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 6 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,674

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 21 finishedGraduates here earned $63,213 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,355
  • Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $57,072
  • Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,256
  • Environmental Control Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $47,210
  • Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 11 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,437
  • Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,790
  • Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians, OtherAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,755

Graphic and applied design

  • Design and Applied ArtsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,047
  • Design and Applied ArtsAssociate degree · 37 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $31,578

Industrial and equipment maintenance

  • Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $53,952

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 16 finishedGraduates here earned $56,427 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369

Paralegal

  • Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
  • Legal Support ServicesAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,377

Pilot and air transportation

  • Air TransportationAssociate degree · 35 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,658

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 37 finishedGraduates here earned $39,712 a year after finishingNationally: $40,997
  • Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 116 finishedGraduates here earned $84,615 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Other programs (30)
  • Architectural Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $39,059
  • Architectural Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $44,791
  • Architecture and Related Services, OtherAssociate degree · 6 finished
  • Audiovisual Communications Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $29,515
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 76 finishedGraduates here earned $36,264 a year afterNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $54,610
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 37 finishedNationally: $40,381
  • Civil Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 7 finishedNationally: $54,362
  • Energy Systems Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $45,889
  • Engineering ScienceCertificate · 1 finished
  • Engineering ScienceAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $50,259
  • Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $43,067
  • Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceCertificate · 27 finishedNationally: $41,782
  • Funeral Service and Mortuary ScienceAssociate degree · 27 finishedNationally: $45,311
  • Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, OtherAssociate degree · 14 finishedNationally: $40,447
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $41,933
  • Hospitality Administration/ManagementAssociate degree · 3 finishedNationally: $37,255
  • Human Services, GeneralAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $32,008
  • Leisure and Recreational ActivitiesAssociate degreeNationally: $25,418
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 182 finishedGraduates here earned $35,115 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Management Information Systems and ServicesCertificate · 5 finishedNationally: $57,331
  • Management Information Systems and ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $44,556
  • Manufacturing EngineeringCertificate · 0 finished
  • Manufacturing EngineeringAssociate degree · 1 finished
  • Public HealthAssociate degree · 9 finishedNationally: $36,417
  • Specialized Sales, Merchandising and Marketing OperationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $36,638
  • Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $32,424
  • Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $32,910
  • Visual and Performing Arts, GeneralAssociate degree · 15 finishedNationally: $26,742
  • Visual and Performing Arts, OtherAssociate degree · 2 finishedNationally: $23,701
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$5,344$30–48k$6,171$48–75k$6,762$75–110k$9,966Over $110k$10,389Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$7,132per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$13,591sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$5,694Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
13%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
20%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$39,9766 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$46,96010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$9,603federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
24%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
28%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard

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Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Mercer County Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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