Southwest University at El Paso Health and Medical Administration (Associate's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Associate's in Health and Medical Administrative Services
- Private for-profit university
- El Paso, TX
- About 86 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Southwest University at El Paso health and medical administration graduates earn less than graduates of most health and medical administration programs nationally, $25,851 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $20,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $22,019. Several Texas programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Texas and national columns are the medians across all health and medical administration associate's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, Southwest University at El Paso graduates earn less than the national figure and about $11,857 less than the Texas median.
Debt and first-year pay at every Texas health and medical administration program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Texas 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 6% 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 $212 a month, or 9.8% 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
90% of graduates (104 of 116) were working in Texas one year after graduating. Prices in the El Paso area are about 10% below the national average, so a $25,851 salary here buys what about $28,751 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
$64,940Median pay in Texas. 160,600 people work in this job in Texas. 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
$42,910Median pay in Texas. 78,740 people work in this job in Texas. 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
$39,520Median pay in Texas. 75,340 people work in this job in Texas. 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
$59,490Median pay in Texas. 72,030 people work in this job in Texas. 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 Southwest University at El Paso
Health and Medical Administration ranks 6th of 7 associate's programs at Southwest University at El Paso by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($74,637), Diagnostic and Treatment Professions ($51,809), and Accounting ($33,024).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $25,851 one year after graduating and $27,304 five years after. The median across health and medical administration associate's programs in Texas is $32,219.
The median federal loan balance is $20,000, which ranks 4th lowest of 5 health and medical administration associate's programs in Texas. That works out to about $212 a month over 10 years.
It depends on your other options. Debt equals 77% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 64%. Compare the cost with other Texas programs before deciding.
Most do. 90% (104 of 116) were working in Texas 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 Texas 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