Health and Medical Administration (Certificate) Programs in Michigan, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt
- 8 programs report first-year pay
- 7 also report federal debt
- Certificate in Health and Medical Administrative Services
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
The median Michigan health and medical administration certificate program pays its graduates $27,548 in their first year, $1,027 less than the national median. Ferris State reports the highest first-year pay ($68,630), and Ross Medical Education Center-Brighton the lowest median debt ($9,500).
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.
Delta College reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay.
Debt and first-year pay at every Michigan health and medical administration program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Michigan 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
Lowest median debt
"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
$64,720Median pay in Michigan. 30,690 people work in this job in Michigan. 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
$41,100Median pay in Michigan. 27,960 people work in this job in Michigan. 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
$39,870Median pay in Michigan. 27,810 people work in this job in Michigan. 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
$56,240Median pay in Michigan. 22,090 people work in this job in Michigan. 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.
Common questions
Ferris State in Big Rapids reports the highest median first-year pay, $68,630. Its median federal debt is $27,024.
Ross Medical Education Center-Brighton reports the lowest median federal debt, $9,500, with first-year pay of $28,570.
The median across 8 Michigan health and medical administration certificate programs is $27,548 in the first year after graduating and $30,427 five years after.
8 Michigan programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 7 of them also report federal debt.
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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 Michigan rankings when their main campus is in another state.
- Medians are across the health and medical administration 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