Milan Institute-Palm Desert Health and Medical Administration (Certificate): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Certificate in Health and Medical Administrative Services
- Private for-profit school
- Palm Desert, CA
- About 6 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Milan Institute-Palm Desert health and medical administration graduates earn less than graduates of most health and medical administration programs nationally, $22,700 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $8,989 in federal loans, less than at 88% of health and medical administration programs in the country. Debt is low, but pay is also below the California median of $28,984.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The California and national columns are the medians across all health and medical administration certificate programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Milan Institute-Palm Desert graduates earn less than the national figure and about $2,422 less than the California median. Several California programs with higher debt show higher pay by the five-year mark.
Debt and first-year pay at every California health and medical administration program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the California medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 39% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $95 a month, or 5.0% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
100% of graduates (34 of 34) were working in California one year after graduating. Prices in the Riverside area are about 6% above the national average, so a $22,700 salary here buys what about $21,326 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 health and medical administration, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
$77,590Median pay in California. 149,230 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 127,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent, plus less than 5 years of related work experience.
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants
$54,490Median pay in California. 115,050 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 89,200 openings a year. Typical education to start: high school diploma or equivalent.
Medical Assistants
$49,660Median pay in California. 117,060 people work in this job in California. 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.
Computer User Support Specialists
$79,570Median pay in California. 74,490 people work in this job in California. Nationally, jobs are projected to shrink 4% from 2025 to 2035, with about 39,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: some college, no degree.
About Milan Institute-Palm Desert
Health and Medical Administration ranks 3rd of 4 certificate programs at Milan Institute-Palm Desert by first-year earnings. The top three are Allied Health and Medical Assisting ($25,267), Dental Hygiene and Assisting ($24,473), and Health and Medical Administration ($22,700).
Other health and medical administration certificate programs near Palm Desert
Common questions
The median graduate earns $22,700 one year after graduating and $31,659 five years after. The median across health and medical administration certificate programs in California is $28,984.
The median federal loan balance is $8,989, which ranks 5th lowest of 29 health and medical administration certificate programs in California. That works out to about $95 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 40% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 41%, and the share of borrowers in default two years into repayment is 20% or less. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several California programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 100% (34 of 34) were working in California 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 California 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 health and medical administration 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