Northwood Technical College Health and Medical Administration (Certificate): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Certificate in Health and Medical Administrative Services
- Public college
- Rice Lake, WI
- About 73 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Northwood Technical College health and medical administration graduates earn more than graduates of most health and medical administration programs nationally, $35,796 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $10,534 in federal loans, close to the national median of $10,875. Several Wisconsin programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Wisconsin and national columns are the medians across all health and medical administration certificate programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Northwood Technical College graduates earn more than the national figure but about $3,498 less than the Wisconsin median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Wisconsin health and medical administration program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Wisconsin 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 falls about 3% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Does family income change the outcome?
Graduates who received Pell Grants, which go to students from lower-income families, earned $6,835 less in their first year than other graduates. They also borrowed more. Students who expect to rely on grants should weigh this gap.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $112 a month, or 3.8% 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
79% of graduates (70 of 89) were working in Wisconsin one year after graduating. Prices in the parts of Wisconsin outside metro areas are about 10% below the national average, so a $35,796 salary here buys what about $39,961 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
$70,560Median pay in Wisconsin. 22,950 people work in this job in Wisconsin. 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
$48,380Median pay in Wisconsin. 7,760 people work in this job in Wisconsin. 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
$48,680Median pay in Wisconsin. 13,810 people work in this job in Wisconsin. 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
$58,810Median pay in Wisconsin. 12,400 people work in this job in Wisconsin. 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 Northwood Technical College
Health and Medical Administration ranks 6th of 11 certificate programs at Northwood Technical College by first-year earnings. The top three are Heavy Equipment Maintenance ($55,793), Computer and Information Science ($50,239), and Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($43,765).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $35,796 one year after graduating and $34,744 five years after. The median across health and medical administration certificate programs in Wisconsin is $34,534.
The median federal loan balance is $10,534, which ranks 4th lowest of 7 health and medical administration certificate programs in Wisconsin. That works out to about $112 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 29% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 41%.
Most do. 79% (70 of 89) were working in Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin 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