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

  • 9 programs report first-year pay
  • 8 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 Puerto Rico allied health and medical assisting associate's program pays its graduates $12,093 in their first year, $25,163 less than the national median. Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus reports the highest first-year pay ($18,554), and CEM College-San Juan the lowest median debt ($3,500).

Median first-year pay$12,093National $37,256
Median pay after 5 years$21,411National $41,892
Median federal debt$6,125National $19,000
Debt-to-earnings56%National 50%

All 9 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.

Dewey University-Carolina 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 Puerto Rico allied health and medical assisting program

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

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 8 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

  1. Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus$18,554
  2. Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Cupey Campus$18,120
  3. Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus$17,746
  4. NUC University$16,325
  5. EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San Juan$12,093

Lowest median debt

  1. CEM College-San Juan$3,500
  2. EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San Juan$4,950
  3. Huertas College$5,420
  4. Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Ponce$6,125
  5. Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus$7,000

Lowest debt for the pay

  1. CEM College-San Juan30%
  2. Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus39%
  3. EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San Juan41%
  4. Huertas College53%
  5. NUC University58%

"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

$46,120

Median pay in Puerto Rico. 660 people work in this job in Puerto Rico. 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%: $22,380Top 10%: $60,200

Pharmacy Technicians

$29,520

Median pay in Puerto Rico. 5,820 people work in this job in Puerto Rico. 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%: $23,030Top 10%: $44,690

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

$37,790

Median pay in Puerto Rico. 3,390 people work in this job in Puerto Rico. 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%: $23,520Top 10%: $53,620

Surgical Technologists

$30,600

Median pay in Puerto Rico. 1,080 people work in this job in Puerto Rico. 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%: $25,500Top 10%: $45,380

Common questions

Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Carolina Campus in Carolina reports the highest median first-year pay, $18,554. Its median federal debt is $18,521.

Related pages

Allied Health and Medical Assisting (Associate's) programs in the US, ranked376 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 Puerto Rico 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

  1. U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
  2. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
  3. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
  4. NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024