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

South Texas Training Center reports the lowest median federal debt, $4,125, with first-year pay of $20,316.

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

The median across 23 Texas allied health and medical assisting certificate programs is $25,032 in the first year after graduating and $30,112 five years after.

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

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

23 Texas programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 20 of them also report federal debt.

23 programs report first-year pay
20 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 Texas allied health and medical assisting certificate program pays its graduates $25,032 in their first year, $3,050 less than the national median. Houston City College reports the highest first-year pay ($35,469), and South Texas Training Center the lowest median debt ($4,125).

Median first-year pay$25,032National $28,082

Median pay after 5 years$30,112National $32,287

Median federal debt$9,104National $9,500

Debt-to-earnings37%National 36%

All 23 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	Houston City CollegeHouston · public	$35,469	$37,840	$16,035	45%
2	Lone Star College SystemThe Woodlands · public	$33,233	Not reported	$9,105	27%
3	College of Health Care Professions-AustinAustin · private for-profit	$30,137	$33,885	$9,104	30%
4	CCI Training Center-ArlingtonArlington · private for-profit	$29,833	Not reported	$9,500	32%
4	San Jacinto Community CollegePasadena · public	$29,833	$39,444	$8,875	30%
6	PCI Health Training CenterDallas · private for-profit	$28,135	$32,040	$8,550	30%
7	Dallas CollegeDallas · public	$27,898	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
8	Howard CollegeBig Spring · public	$27,268	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
9	College of Health Care Professions-NorthwestHouston · private for-profit	$26,556	$32,228	$9,500	36%
10	Texas Health SchoolHouston · private for-profit	$26,171	$30,159	$8,075	31%
11	College of the MainlandTexas City · public	$26,157	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
12	Concorde Career College-Grand PrairieGrand Prairie · private for-profit	$25,032	$32,811	$9,500	38%
13	CyberTex Institute of TechnologyAustin · private for-profit	$24,665	$27,117	$7,811	32%
14	Milan Institute-San Antonio IngramSan Antonio · private for-profit	$24,563	$28,930	$9,235	38%
15	Remington College-Dallas CampusDallas · private nonprofit	$24,037	$29,811	$14,120	59%
16	Northwest Educational CenterHouston · private for-profit	$23,469	Not reported	$8,942	38%
17	Western Technical College (Texas)El Paso · private for-profit	$23,072	$28,828	$11,466	50%
18	Texas Healthtech InstituteBeaumont · private for-profit	$22,595	Not reported	$6,967	31%
19	Southern Careers Institute-AustinAustin · private for-profit	$21,645	$27,409	$9,500	44%
20	South Texas Training CenterPharr · private for-profit	$20,316	$23,695	$4,125	20%
21	Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San AntonioSan Antonio · private for-profit	$19,082	$25,940	$7,500	39%
22	Rio Grande Valley CollegePharr · private for-profit	$17,989	$30,064	$8,947	50%
23	Valley Grande Institute for Academic StudiesWeslaco · private nonprofit	$16,540	Not reported	$9,500	57%

Dallas College, Howard College, and College of the Mainland 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 Texas allied health and medical assisting program

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

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 20 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Houston City College$35,469
Lone Star College System$33,233
College of Health Care Professions-Austin$30,137
CCI Training Center-Arlington$29,833
San Jacinto Community College$29,833

Lowest median debt

South Texas Training Center$4,125
Texas Healthtech Institute$6,967
Southwest School of Business and Technical Careers-San Antonio$7,500
CyberTex Institute of Technology$7,811
Texas Health School$8,075

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

$39,520

Median pay in Texas. 75,340 people work in this job in Texas. 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%: $31,200Top 10%: $49,260

Pharmacy Technicians

$45,900

Median pay in Texas. 41,740 people work in this job in Texas. 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%: $35,920Top 10%: $59,260

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

$59,290

Median pay in Texas. 29,530 people work in this job in Texas. 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%: $38,330Top 10%: $94,830

Surgical Technologists

$65,220

Median pay in Texas. 10,160 people work in this job in Texas. 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%: $39,950Top 10%: $92,580

Common questions

Houston City College in Houston reports the highest median first-year pay, $35,469. Its median federal debt is $16,035.

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 Texas, ranked20 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 Texas 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