Which Kentucky health and medical administration program has the lowest debt?

Bluegrass Community and Technical College reports the lowest median federal debt, $13,289, with first-year pay of $23,705.

How much do health and medical administration graduates earn in Kentucky?

The median across 11 Kentucky health and medical administration associate's programs is $25,544 in the first year after graduating and $33,722 five years after.

Health and Medical Administration (Associate's) Programs in Kentucky, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: How many health and medical administration associate's programs are in Kentucky?

11 Kentucky programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 7 of them also report federal debt.

11 programs report first-year pay
7 also report federal debt
Associate's in Health and Medical Administrative Services

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Kentucky health and medical administration associate's program pays its graduates $25,544 in their first year, $7,212 less than the national median. Gateway Community and Technical College reports the highest first-year pay ($48,917), and Bluegrass Community and Technical College the lowest median debt ($13,289).

Median first-year pay$25,544National $32,756

Median pay after 5 years$33,722National $36,762

Median federal debt$18,018National $22,019

Debt-to-earnings90%National 64%

All 11 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	Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence · public	$48,917	$37,796	Not reported	Not reported
2	Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville · public	$36,541	$49,443	Not reported	Not reported
3	Beckfield College-FlorenceFlorence · private for-profit	$30,187	Not reported	$36,225	120%
4	Somerset Community CollegeSomerset · public	$27,035	$28,253	$33,302	123%
5	Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazard · public	$26,276	$30,990	$15,443	59%
6	Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshland · public	$25,544	$32,897	$16,847	66%
7	Elizabethtown Community and Technical CollegeElizabethtown · public	$25,326	$33,733	$26,263	104%
8	Big Sandy Community and Technical CollegePrestonsburg · public	$24,989	$27,699	Not reported	Not reported
9	Owensboro Community and Technical CollegeOwensboro · public	$24,763	$34,724	Not reported	Not reported
10	Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington · public	$23,705	$33,710	$13,289	56%
11	Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysville · public	$21,354	$30,709	$19,188	90%

Gateway Community and Technical College, Jefferson Community and Technical College, Big Sandy Community and Technical College, and Owensboro Community and Technical College report pay but not debt, so they are ranked only by pay. 3 more programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Debt and first-year pay at every Kentucky health and medical administration program

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

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 7 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Gateway Community and Technical College$48,917
Jefferson Community and Technical College$36,541
Beckfield College-Florence$30,187
Somerset Community College$27,035
Hazard Community and Technical College$26,276

Lowest median debt

Bluegrass Community and Technical College$13,289
Hazard Community and Technical College$15,443
Ashland Community and Technical College$16,847
Maysville Community and Technical College$19,188
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College$26,263

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 health and medical administration, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

$63,180

Median pay in Kentucky. 19,670 people work in this job in Kentucky. 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.

Bottom 10%: $41,350Top 10%: $99,330

Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants

$38,750

Median pay in Kentucky. 26,430 people work in this job in Kentucky. 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.

Bottom 10%: $30,700Top 10%: $49,770

Medical Assistants

$39,270

Median pay in Kentucky. 13,440 people work in this job in Kentucky. 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%: $32,950Top 10%: $47,940

Computer User Support Specialists

$57,850

Median pay in Kentucky. 9,460 people work in this job in Kentucky. 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.

Bottom 10%: $37,000Top 10%: $89,970

Common questions

Gateway Community and Technical College in Florence reports the highest median first-year pay, $48,917.

Health and Medical Administration (Associate's) programs in the US, ranked182 programs by pay and debt Health and Medical Administration (Certificate) programs in Kentucky, ranked15 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 Kentucky rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the health and medical administration associate's 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