Which Colorado allied health and medical assisting program has the lowest debt?

Pima Medical Institute-Aurora reports the lowest median federal debt, $8,780, with first-year pay of $30,654.

How much do allied health and medical assisting graduates earn in Colorado?

The median across 8 Colorado allied health and medical assisting certificate programs is $30,781 in the first year after graduating and $37,905 five years after.

Allied Health and Medical Assisting (Certificate) Programs in Colorado, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: How many allied health and medical assisting certificate programs are in Colorado?

8 Colorado programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 6 of them also report federal debt.

8 programs report first-year pay
6 also report federal debt
Certificate in Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Colorado allied health and medical assisting certificate program pays its graduates $30,781 in their first year, $2,699 more than the national median. Emily Griffith Technical College reports the highest first-year pay ($39,475), and Pima Medical Institute-Aurora the lowest median debt ($8,780).

Median first-year pay$30,781National $28,082

Median pay after 5 years$37,905National $32,287

Median federal debt$10,389National $9,500

Debt-to-earnings35%National 36%

All 8 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Emily Griffith Technical CollegeDenver · public	$39,475	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
2	Front Range Community CollegeWestminster · public	$35,838	$44,473	$16,000	45%
3	IBMC CollegeFort Collins · private for-profit	$32,618	$32,910	$12,165	37%
4	Concorde Career College-AuroraAurora · private for-profit	$30,907	$36,586	$9,500	31%
5	Pima Medical Institute-AuroraAurora · private for-profit	$30,654	$37,905	$8,780	29%
6	Intellitec College-Grand JunctionGrand Junction · private for-profit	$30,095	$40,794	$10,168	34%
7	Intellitec College-Colorado SpringsColorado Springs · private for-profit	$29,358	Not reported	$10,610	36%
8	Pickens Technical CollegeAurora · public	$27,724	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

Emily Griffith Technical College and Pickens Technical College report pay but not debt, so they are ranked only by pay.

Debt and first-year pay at every Colorado allied health and medical assisting program

Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Colorado medians.

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 6 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Emily Griffith Technical College$39,475
Front Range Community College$35,838
IBMC College$32,618
Concorde Career College-Aurora$30,907
Pima Medical Institute-Aurora$30,654

Lowest median debt

Pima Medical Institute-Aurora$8,780
Concorde Career College-Aurora$9,500
Intellitec College-Grand Junction$10,168
Intellitec College-Colorado Springs$10,610
IBMC College$12,165

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

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

$48,400

Median pay in Colorado. 13,160 people work in this job in Colorado. 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.

Bottom 10%: $39,130Top 10%: $59,760

Pharmacy Technicians

$49,970

Median pay in Colorado. 6,010 people work in this job in Colorado. 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.

Bottom 10%: $39,810Top 10%: $64,760

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

$70,050

Median pay in Colorado. 5,000 people work in this job in Colorado. 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.

Bottom 10%: $47,050Top 10%: $102,900

Surgical Technologists

$75,740

Median pay in Colorado. 2,100 people work in this job in Colorado. 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.

Bottom 10%: $51,040Top 10%: $92,580

Common questions

Emily Griffith Technical College in Denver reports the highest median first-year pay, $39,475.

Allied Health and Medical Assisting (Certificate) programs in the US, ranked443 programs by pay and debt

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.
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 Colorado rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the allied health and medical assisting certificate programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

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
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024