Bluegrass Community and Technical College Allied Health and Medical Assisting (Certificate): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Certificate in Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
- Public college
- Lexington, KY
- About 62 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Bluegrass Community and Technical College allied health and medical assisting graduates earn about what allied health and medical assisting graduates earn nationally, $27,148 in their first year. Debt is high. The typical graduate leaves with $17,838 in federal loans, more than at 96% of allied health and medical assisting programs in the country. Several Kentucky programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Kentucky and national columns are the medians across all allied health and medical assisting certificate programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every Kentucky allied health and medical assisting program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Kentucky medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $189 a month, or 8.4% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
91% of graduates (20 of 22) were working in Kentucky one year after graduating. Prices in the Lexington area are about 7% below the national average, so a $27,148 salary here buys what about $29,226 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to allied health and medical assisting, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Medical Assistants
$39,270Median pay in Kentucky. 13,440 people work in this job in Kentucky. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 13% from 2025 to 2035, with about 109,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: postsecondary nondegree award.
Pharmacy Technicians
$39,200Median pay in Kentucky. 8,870 people work in this job in Kentucky. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 44,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
$60,880Median pay in Kentucky. 4,860 people work in this job in Kentucky. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 3% from 2025 to 2035, with about 20,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Surgical Technologists
$60,490Median pay in Kentucky. 1,440 people work in this job in Kentucky. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 7,100 openings a year. Typical education to start: postsecondary nondegree award.
About Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ranks 10th of 12 certificate programs at Bluegrass Community and Technical College by first-year earnings. The top three are Electrical Engineering Technology ($69,924), Electrician Training ($66,544), and Heavy Equipment Maintenance ($65,743).
Other allied health and medical assisting certificate programs near Lexington
Common questions
The median graduate earns $27,148 one year after graduating. The median across allied health and medical assisting certificate programs in Kentucky is $29,092.
The median federal loan balance is $17,838, which ranks 6th lowest of 7 allied health and medical assisting certificate programs in Kentucky. That works out to about $189 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 66% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 36%. Compare the cost with other Kentucky programs before deciding.
Most do. 91% (20 of 22) were working in Kentucky one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- 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 Kentucky comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the allied health and medical assisting program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024