Which American Career College-Los Angeles certificate program has the lowest debt?

Dental Hygiene and Assisting graduates leave with a median of $8,444 in federal loans, the lowest among 5 American Career College-Los Angeles certificate programs that report debt.

How much does American Career College-Los Angeles cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $42,900 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $32,408.

How many American Career College-Los Angeles programs report graduate pay?

3 associate's programs and 5 certificate programs at American Career College-Los Angeles report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

American Career College-Los Angeles Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private for-profit college
Los Angeles, CA
2,168 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

5 American Career College-Los Angeles certificate programs report what graduates earn. Practical Nursing pays the most in the first year ($60,281), and Dental Hygiene and Assisting the least ($24,783). The median program pays $28,853. American Career College-Los Angeles also has 3 associate's programs that report pay.

Tuition for the largest program$42,900Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$32,408After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate75%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

All 3 associate's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across California. 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 California
1	NursingAbout 114 graduates a year	$105,516	Not reported	$34,498	7th of 53
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 110 graduates a year	$55,379	$56,424	$25,593	18th of 29
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingGraduates a year not reported	$48,908	$62,254	$27,000	13th of 16

Program names link to the program's own page, and California ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

All 5 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in California" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across California. 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 California
1	Practical NursingAbout 288 graduates a year	$60,281	$59,430	$17,317	9th of 41
2	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 50 graduates a year	$32,682	$35,471	$9,500	4th of 32
3	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 424 graduates a year	$28,853	$32,828	$9,500	22nd of 55
4	Ophthalmic and Optometric ServicesAbout 48 graduates a year	$27,698	$33,331	$9,500	3rd of 4
5	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 105 graduates a year	$24,783	$28,661	$8,444	15th of 29

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

Common questions

Practical Nursing graduates earn a median of $60,281 in their first year, the most of 5 American Career College-Los Angeles certificate 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 California 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