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

The median across 6 Massachusetts allied health and medical assisting certificate programs is $37,677 in the first year after graduating and $38,490 five years after.

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

Q: Which Massachusetts allied health and medical assisting program has the lowest debt?

Southeastern Technical Institute reports the lowest median federal debt, $5,500, with first-year pay of $36,469.

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

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

6 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 Massachusetts allied health and medical assisting certificate program pays its graduates $37,677 in their first year, $9,595 more than the national median. Mount Wachusett Community College reports the highest first-year pay ($45,300), and Southeastern Technical Institute the lowest median debt ($5,500).

Median first-year pay$37,677National $28,082

Median pay after 5 years$38,490National $32,287

Median federal debt$8,601National $9,500

Debt-to-earnings22%National 36%

All 6 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	Mount Wachusett Community CollegeGardner · public	$45,300	$46,801	$11,079	24%
2	Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston · public	$44,141	Not reported	$8,607	19%
3	Northern Essex Community CollegeHaverhill · public	$38,885	$41,894	$7,925	20%
4	Southeastern Technical InstituteSouth Easton · public	$36,469	$34,417	$5,500	15%
5	Motoring Technical Training InstituteSeekonk · private for-profit	$28,146	$33,859	$9,500	34%
6	Greenfield Community CollegeGreenfield · public	$27,703	Not reported	$8,595	31%

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

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

Mount Wachusett Community College$45,300
Bunker Hill Community College$44,141
Northern Essex Community College$38,885
Southeastern Technical Institute$36,469
Motoring Technical Training Institute$28,146

Lowest median debt

Southeastern Technical Institute$5,500
Northern Essex Community College$7,925
Greenfield Community College$8,595
Bunker Hill Community College$8,607
Motoring Technical Training Institute$9,500

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

$49,460

Median pay in Massachusetts. 14,880 people work in this job in Massachusetts. 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%: $43,280Top 10%: $61,870

Pharmacy Technicians

$46,470

Median pay in Massachusetts. 10,150 people work in this job in Massachusetts. 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%: $37,980Top 10%: $71,070

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

$79,120

Median pay in Massachusetts. 10,850 people work in this job in Massachusetts. 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%: $47,360Top 10%: $105,750

Surgical Technologists

$80,870

Median pay in Massachusetts. 2,220 people work in this job in Massachusetts. 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%: $60,350Top 10%: $109,550

Common questions

Mount Wachusett Community College in Gardner reports the highest median first-year pay, $45,300. Its median federal debt is $11,079.

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 Massachusetts 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