Which Glendale Career College certificate program has the lowest debt?

Medical Laboratory Science graduates leave with a median of $8,971 in federal loans, the lowest among 7 Glendale Career College certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Glendale Career College cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $76,557 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $49,195.

How many Glendale Career College programs report graduate pay?

One associate's program and 8 certificate programs at Glendale Career College report first-year pay, and 8 of them also report federal debt.

Glendale Career College Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private for-profit college
Glendale, CA
896 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

8 Glendale Career College certificate programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($100,874), and Dental Hygiene and Assisting the least ($22,013). The median program pays $33,758. Glendale Career College also has one associate's program that reports pay.

Tuition for the largest program$76,557Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$49,195After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate63%Within 6 years

One associate's program

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.

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in California
NursingAbout 67 graduates a year	$96,185	Not reported	$33,049	30th of 53

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

All 8 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	NursingGraduates a year not reported	$100,874	Not reported	$33,930	1st of 2
2	Practical NursingAbout 39 graduates a year	$59,140	$57,591	$18,075	10th of 41
3	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsGraduates a year not reported	$48,237	$59,099	$20,000	10th of 24
4	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 27 graduates a year	$40,382	$50,535	$8,971	2nd of 4
5	Office AdministrationGraduates a year not reported	$27,134	Not reported	Not reported	4th of 11
6	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 6 graduates a year	$26,827	Not reported	$9,500	21st of 32
7	Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 20 graduates a year	$26,106	$23,597	$9,319	36th of 55
8	Dental Hygiene and AssistingGraduates a year not reported	$22,013	Not reported	$9,500	22nd 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.

Quick picks: certificate programs

Highest first-year pay

Nursing$100,874
Practical Nursing$59,140
Diagnostic and Treatment Professions$48,237
Medical Laboratory Science$40,382
Office Administration$27,134

Lowest median debt

Medical Laboratory Science$8,971
Allied Health and Medical Assisting$9,319
Health and Medical Administration$9,500
Dental Hygiene and Assisting$9,500
Practical Nursing$18,075

Largest programs

Practical NursingAbout 39 graduates a year
Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 27 graduates a year
Allied Health and Medical AssistingAbout 20 graduates a year
Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 6 graduates a year

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $100,874 in their first year, the most of 8 Glendale Career College 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