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

The median across 9 South Carolina allied health and medical assisting certificate programs is $28,238 in the first year after graduating and $31,304 five years after.

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

Q: Which South Carolina allied health and medical assisting program has the lowest debt?

York Technical College reports the lowest median federal debt, $7,680, with first-year pay of $27,977.

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

9 South Carolina programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 7 of them also report federal debt.

9 programs report first-year pay
7 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 South Carolina allied health and medical assisting certificate program pays its graduates $28,238 in their first year, $156 more than the national median. Spartanburg Community College reports the highest first-year pay ($32,200), and York Technical College the lowest median debt ($7,680).

Median first-year pay$28,238National $28,082

Median pay after 5 years$31,304National $32,287

Median federal debt$12,240National $9,500

Debt-to-earnings49%National 36%

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.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburg · public	$32,200	$31,240	$9,490	29%
2	Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia · public	$31,912	Not reported	$19,024	60%
3	Technical College of the LowcountryBeaufort · public	$31,348	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
4	Southeastern College-CharlestonNorth Charleston · private for-profit	$28,689	$30,976	$14,198	49%
5	Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood · public	$28,238	$31,368	$12,292	44%
6	Aiken Technical CollegeGraniteville · public	$27,979	$37,739	Not reported	Not reported
7	York Technical CollegeRock Hill · public	$27,977	$31,900	$7,680	27%
8	Central Carolina Technical CollegeSumter · public	$26,294	$27,492	$19,037	72%
9	Southeastern College-ColumbiaColumbia · private for-profit	$24,383	$26,503	$12,187	50%

Technical College of the Lowcountry and Aiken Technical 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 South Carolina allied health and medical assisting program

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

Spartanburg Community College$32,200
Midlands Technical College$31,912
Technical College of the Lowcountry$31,348
Southeastern College-Charleston$28,689
Piedmont Technical College$28,238

Lowest median debt

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

$41,160

Median pay in South Carolina. 12,110 people work in this job in South Carolina. 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%: $34,730Top 10%: $49,110

Pharmacy Technicians

$42,120

Median pay in South Carolina. 8,070 people work in this job in South Carolina. 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%: $35,500Top 10%: $51,060

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

$55,280

Median pay in South Carolina. 4,380 people work in this job in South Carolina. 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%: $36,420Top 10%: $81,930

Surgical Technologists

$62,160

Median pay in South Carolina. 2,680 people work in this job in South Carolina. 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%: $38,830Top 10%: $75,210

Common questions

Spartanburg Community College in Spartanburg reports the highest median first-year pay, $32,200. Its median federal debt is $9,490.

Allied Health and Medical Assisting (Certificate) programs in the US, ranked443 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 South Carolina 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