Which Institute of Medical Careers certificate program has the lowest debt?

Dental Hygiene and Assisting graduates leave with a median of $13,166 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Institute of Medical Careers certificate programs that report debt.

How much does Institute of Medical Careers cost?

Tuition and fees for the school's largest program are $23,100 for the whole program. After grants and scholarships, the average net price for that program is $21,392.

How many Institute of Medical Careers programs report graduate pay?

One associate's program and 3 certificate programs at Institute of Medical Careers report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Institute of Medical Careers Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private for-profit school
Pittsburgh, PA
845 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

3 Institute of Medical Careers certificate programs report what graduates earn. Dental Hygiene and Assisting pays the most in the first year ($28,910), and Health and Medical Administration the least ($24,805). The median program pays $27,151. Institute of Medical Careers also has one associate's program that reports pay.

Tuition for the largest program$23,100Tuition and fees for the whole program

Net price, largest program$21,392After aid, for the whole program

Graduation rate76%Within 1.5 times the normal program length

One associate's program

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

Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Pennsylvania
Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 122 graduates a year	$24,594	Not reported	$26,617	8th of 8

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

One more associate's program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

All 3 certificate programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Pennsylvania" compares first-year pay with the same field's certificate programs across Pennsylvania. 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 Pennsylvania
1	Dental Hygiene and AssistingAbout 7 graduates a year	$28,910	Not reported	$13,166	1st of 4
2	Medical Laboratory ScienceGraduates a year not reported	$27,151	$28,197	$15,637	2nd of 3
3	Health and Medical AdministrationAbout 227 graduates a year	$24,805	$35,936	$14,931	6th of 7

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

Common questions

Dental Hygiene and Assisting graduates earn a median of $28,910 in their first year, the most of 3 Institute of Medical Careers 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 Pennsylvania 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