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

State Technical College of Missouri reports the lowest median federal debt, $12,000, with first-year pay of $41,050.

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

The median across 11 Missouri allied health and medical assisting associate's programs is $36,350 in the first year after graduating and $41,149 five years after.

Allied Health and Medical Assisting (Associate's) Programs in Missouri, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Q: How many allied health and medical assisting associate's programs are in Missouri?

11 Missouri programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 9 of them also report federal debt.

11 programs report first-year pay
9 also report federal debt
Associate's in Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Missouri allied health and medical assisting associate's program pays its graduates $36,350 in their first year, $906 less than the national median. Concorde Career College-Kansas City reports the highest first-year pay ($49,878), and State Technical College of Missouri the lowest median debt ($12,000).

Median first-year pay$36,350National $37,256

Median pay after 5 years$41,149National $41,892

Median federal debt$17,932National $19,000

Debt-to-earnings53%National 50%

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	Concorde Career College-Kansas CityKansas City · private for-profit	$49,878	$55,059	$27,000	54%
2	State Technical College of MissouriLinn · public	$41,050	$45,201	$12,000	29%
3	Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City · public	$39,842	$52,321	$26,214	66%
4	Ozarks Technical Community CollegeSpringfield · public	$38,770	$41,149	$14,747	38%
5	Jefferson CollegeHillsboro · public	$37,137	$44,023	$16,600	45%
6	Missouri Western StateSaint Joseph · public	$36,350	Not reported	$19,263	53%
7	Crowder CollegeNeosho · public	$33,436	Not reported	$14,719	44%
8	East Central CollegeUnion · public	$33,400	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
9	Saint Louis Community CollegeBridgeton · public	$32,094	$36,839	Not reported	Not reported
10	St Louis College of Health Careers-FentonFenton · private for-profit	$31,461	$36,435	$28,365	90%
11	Bryan University (Missouri)Springfield · private for-profit	$21,896	$28,476	$22,375	102%

East Central College and Saint Louis Community College report pay but not debt, so they are ranked only by pay. One more program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

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

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

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 9 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Concorde Career College-Kansas City$49,878
State Technical College of Missouri$41,050
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City$39,842
Ozarks Technical Community College$38,770
Jefferson College$37,137

Lowest median debt

State Technical College of Missouri$12,000
Crowder College$14,719
Ozarks Technical Community College$14,747
Jefferson College$16,600
Missouri Western State$19,263

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

Medical Assistants

$40,440

Median pay in Missouri. 13,050 people work in this job in Missouri. 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%: $35,810Top 10%: $48,360

Pharmacy Technicians

$40,100

Median pay in Missouri. 12,610 people work in this job in Missouri. 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%: $33,830Top 10%: $54,600

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

$60,300

Median pay in Missouri. 7,670 people work in this job in Missouri. 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%: $37,490Top 10%: $91,540

Surgical Technologists

$61,120

Median pay in Missouri. 2,100 people work in this job in Missouri. 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%: $44,930Top 10%: $78,410

Common questions

Concorde Career College-Kansas City in Kansas City reports the highest median first-year pay, $49,878. Its median federal debt is $27,000.

Allied Health and Medical Assisting (Associate's) programs in the US, ranked376 programs by pay and debt Allied Health and Medical Assisting (Certificate) programs in Missouri, ranked7 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 Missouri rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Medians are across the allied health and medical assisting 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