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

Columbiana County Career and Technical Center reports the lowest median federal debt, $5,850, with first-year pay of $26,707.

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

The median across 15 Ohio allied health and medical assisting certificate programs is $25,844 in the first year after graduating and $31,621 five years after.

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

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

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

15 programs report first-year pay
11 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 Ohio allied health and medical assisting certificate program pays its graduates $25,844 in their first year, $2,238 less than the national median. Sinclair Community College reports the highest first-year pay ($43,380), and Columbiana County Career and Technical Center the lowest median debt ($5,850).

Median first-year pay$25,844National $28,082

Median pay after 5 years$31,621National $32,287

Median federal debt$9,991National $9,500

Debt-to-earnings39%National 36%

All 15 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	Sinclair Community CollegeDayton · public	$43,380	$46,267	$7,750	18%
2	Fortis College-CentervilleCenterville · private for-profit	$28,653	$32,429	$11,466	40%
3	Ohio Business College-SheffieldSheffield Village · private for-profit	$27,980	$31,428	$10,500	38%
4	Columbiana County Career and Technical CenterLisbon · public	$26,707	$24,053	$5,850	22%
5	Ross Medical Education Center-CincinnatiCincinnati · private for-profit	$26,624	$28,172	$9,500	36%
6	Apollo Career CenterLima · public	$26,023	$33,158	Not reported	Not reported
7	Fortis College-Cuyahoga FallsCuyahoga Falls · private for-profit	$25,883	$28,737	$9,500	37%
8	Buckeye Joint Vocational SchoolNew Philadelphia · public	$25,844	$32,612	Not reported	Not reported
9	Professional Skills InstituteMaumee · private for-profit	$25,517	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
10	Canton City Schools Adult Career and Technical EducationCanton · public	$24,655	Not reported	$9,550	39%
11	Madison Adult Career CenterMansfield · public	$24,595	$40,265	Not reported	Not reported
12	Mahoning County Career and Technical CenterCanfield · public	$23,015	$31,621	$10,431	45%
13	Scioto County Career Technical CenterLucasville · public	$22,800	Not reported	$11,422	50%
14	Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical SchoolsGroveport · public	$21,658	$29,437	$9,500	44%
15	ETI Technical College of NilesNiles · private for-profit	$19,718	Not reported	$19,000	96%

Apollo Career Center, Buckeye Joint Vocational School, Professional Skills Institute, and Madison Adult Career Center 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 Ohio allied health and medical assisting program

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

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 11 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Sinclair Community College$43,380
Fortis College-Centerville$28,653
Ohio Business College-Sheffield$27,980
Columbiana County Career and Technical Center$26,707
Ross Medical Education Center-Cincinnati$26,624

Lowest median debt

Columbiana County Career and Technical Center$5,850
Sinclair Community College$7,750
Ross Medical Education Center-Cincinnati$9,500
Fortis College-Cuyahoga Falls$9,500
Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools$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

$42,810

Median pay in Ohio. 28,950 people work in this job in Ohio. 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%: $36,050Top 10%: $48,560

Pharmacy Technicians

$40,650

Median pay in Ohio. 17,820 people work in this job in Ohio. 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%: $34,980Top 10%: $56,520

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

$63,800

Median pay in Ohio. 13,050 people work in this job in Ohio. 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%: $39,250Top 10%: $95,100

Surgical Technologists

$62,420

Median pay in Ohio. 3,730 people work in this job in Ohio. 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%: $48,110Top 10%: $80,640

Common questions

Sinclair Community College in Dayton reports the highest median first-year pay, $43,380. Its median federal debt is $7,750.

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 Ohio, ranked17 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 Ohio 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