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

New Community Career & Technical Institute reports the lowest median federal debt, $2,020, with first-year pay of $28,848.

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

The median across 13 New Jersey allied health and medical assisting certificate programs is $29,373 in the first year after graduating and $34,051 five years after.

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

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

13 New Jersey programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 12 of them also report federal debt.

13 programs report first-year pay
12 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 New Jersey allied health and medical assisting certificate program pays its graduates $29,373 in their first year, $1,291 more than the national median. Eastwick College-Ramsey reports the highest first-year pay ($33,265), and New Community Career & Technical Institute the lowest median debt ($2,020).

Median first-year pay$29,373National $28,082

Median pay after 5 years$34,051National $32,287

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

Debt-to-earnings32%National 36%

All 13 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	Eastwick College-RamseyRamsey · private for-profit	$33,265	$34,792	$10,166	31%
2	Eastwick College-NutleyNutley · private for-profit	$32,483	$38,132	$9,500	29%
3	ASI Career InstituteTurnersville · private for-profit	$31,485	Not reported	$4,271	14%
4	Lincoln Technical Institute-IselinIselin · private for-profit	$30,787	$32,756	$10,916	35%
5	American Institute of Medical Sciences & EducationPiscataway · private for-profit	$30,657	$32,950	$3,971	13%
6	Berkeley College-Woodland ParkWoodland Park · private for-profit	$29,482	$36,713	$10,415	35%
7	Advantage Career InstituteEatontown · private for-profit	$29,373	Not reported	$4,856	17%
8	New Community Career & Technical InstituteNewark · private nonprofit	$28,848	Not reported	$2,020	7%
9	Fortis Institute-WayneWayne · private for-profit	$27,871	$33,309	$9,500	34%
10	Eastwick College-HackensackHackensack · private for-profit	$26,979	$35,875	$10,649	39%
11	National Career InstituteEast Orange · private for-profit	$21,968	$20,599	$9,500	43%
12	Ocean County Vocational-Technical SchoolToms River · public	$21,610	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
13	Garden State Science and Technology InstituteJersey City · private for-profit	$17,568	Not reported	$7,356	42%

Ocean County Vocational-Technical School reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay. One more program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

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

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

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 12 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Eastwick College-Ramsey$33,265
Eastwick College-Nutley$32,483
ASI Career Institute$31,485
Lincoln Technical Institute-Iselin$30,787
American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education$30,657

Lowest median debt

New Community Career & Technical Institute$2,020
American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education$3,971
ASI Career Institute$4,271
Advantage Career Institute$4,856
Garden State Science and Technology Institute$7,356

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

$47,210

Median pay in New Jersey. 20,330 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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%: $37,010Top 10%: $58,070

Pharmacy Technicians

$39,610

Median pay in New Jersey. 14,020 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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%: $36,170Top 10%: $59,700

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

$68,450

Median pay in New Jersey. 7,000 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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%: $46,530Top 10%: $107,470

Surgical Technologists

$77,200

Median pay in New Jersey. 2,780 people work in this job in New Jersey. 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%: $48,270Top 10%: $100,490

Common questions

Eastwick College-Ramsey in Ramsey reports the highest median first-year pay, $33,265. Its median federal debt is $10,166.

Allied Health and Medical Assisting (Certificate) programs in the US, ranked443 programs by pay and debt Allied Health and Medical Assisting (Associate's) programs in New Jersey, 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 New Jersey 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