New Community Career & Technical Institute Allied Health and Medical Assisting (Certificate): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Certificate in Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
- Private nonprofit school
- Newark, NJ
- About 8 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
New Community Career & Technical Institute allied health and medical assisting graduates earn about what allied health and medical assisting graduates earn nationally, $28,848 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $2,020 in federal loans, less than at more than 99% of allied health and medical assisting programs in the country. Strong value, but not one of the highest-paying allied health and medical assisting programs in New Jersey.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New Jersey 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 New Jersey allied health and medical assisting program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New Jersey 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 $21 a month, or 0.9% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
97% of graduates (37 of 38) were working in New Jersey one year after graduating. Prices in the New York area are about 13% above the national average, so a $28,848 salary here buys what about $25,628 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
$47,210Median pay in New Jersey. 20,330 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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
$39,610Median pay in New Jersey. 14,020 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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
$68,450Median pay in New Jersey. 7,000 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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
$77,200Median pay in New Jersey. 2,780 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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 New Community Career & Technical Institute
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ranks 1st of 3 certificate programs at New Community Career & Technical Institute by first-year earnings. The others are Health Aides and Attendants ($27,718) and Mechanical Engineering Technology ($15,085).
Other allied health and medical assisting certificate programs near Newark
Common questions
The median graduate earns $28,848 one year after graduating. The median across allied health and medical assisting certificate programs in New Jersey is $29,373.
The median federal loan balance is $2,020, which ranks the lowest of 12 allied health and medical assisting certificate programs in New Jersey. That works out to about $21 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 7% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 36%. If the highest possible early salary is the main goal, several New Jersey programs report higher pay, usually with more debt.
Most do. 97% (37 of 38) were working in New Jersey 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 New Jersey 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