Which Blue Cliff College-Metairie certificate program has the lowest debt?

Massage Therapy graduates leave with a median of $8,170 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Blue Cliff College-Metairie certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Blue Cliff College-Metairie cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $16,683 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $9,863.

How many Blue Cliff College-Metairie programs report graduate pay?

2 associate's programs and 7 certificate programs at Blue Cliff College-Metairie report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Blue Cliff College-Metairie Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private for-profit college
Metairie, LA
291 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

7 Blue Cliff College-Metairie certificate programs report what graduates earn. HVAC pays the most in the first year ($23,326), and Cosmetology the least ($15,719). The median program pays $19,788. Blue Cliff College-Metairie also has 2 associate's programs that report pay.

Tuition for the largest program$16,683Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$9,863After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate56%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

Both associate's programs

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Louisiana" compares first-year pay with the same field's associate's programs across Louisiana.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Louisiana
Health and Medical AdministrationGraduates a year not reported	$24,478	Not reported	$31,750	2nd of 2
Allied Health and Medical AssistingGraduates a year not reported	$21,612	$24,806	$26,000	5th of 5

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

All 7 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Louisiana" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Louisiana. 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 Louisiana
1	HVACGraduates a year not reported	$23,326	$30,007	$9,500	5th of 5
2	Massage TherapyAbout 13 graduates a year	$21,202	$21,673	$8,170	2nd of 3
3	Health and Medical AdministrationGraduates a year not reported	$20,985	Not reported	$17,375	9th of 10
4	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 108 graduates a year	$19,788	$23,671	$13,116	12th of 14
5	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 22 graduates a year	$18,996	$27,391	$14,630	4th of 6
6	Medical Laboratory ScienceGraduates a year not reported	$18,674	$28,278	$16,043	3rd of 5
7	CosmetologyAbout 154 graduates a year	$15,719	$19,662	$16,535	10th of 23

Quick picks: certificate programs

Highest first-year pay

HVAC$23,326
Massage Therapy$21,202
Health and Medical Administration$20,985
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$19,788
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$18,996

Lowest median debt

Massage Therapy$8,170
HVAC$9,500
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$13,116
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$14,630
Medical Laboratory Science$16,043

Largest programs

CosmetologyAbout 154 graduates a year
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 108 graduates a year
Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 22 graduates a year
Massage TherapyAbout 13 graduates a year

Common questions

HVAC graduates earn a median of $23,326 in their first year, the most of 7 Blue Cliff College-Metairie 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 Louisiana 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