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

Milwaukee Career College reports the lowest median federal debt, $7,520, with first-year pay of $35,091.

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

The median across 18 Wisconsin allied health and medical assisting certificate programs is $35,020 in the first year after graduating and $35,238 five years after.

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

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

18 Wisconsin programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 17 of them also report federal debt.

18 programs report first-year pay
17 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 Wisconsin allied health and medical assisting certificate program pays its graduates $35,020 in their first year, $6,938 more than the national median. Blackhawk Technical College reports the highest first-year pay ($37,193), and Milwaukee Career College the lowest median debt ($7,520).

Median first-year pay$35,020National $28,082

Median pay after 5 years$35,238National $32,287

Median federal debt$11,000National $9,500

Debt-to-earnings32%National 36%

All 18 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	Blackhawk Technical CollegeJanesville · public	$37,193	$37,666	$7,743	21%
2	Western Technical College (Wisconsin)La Crosse · public	$36,437	$36,299	$11,613	32%
3	Moraine Park Technical CollegeFond du Lac · public	$36,255	$37,568	$7,779	21%
4	Northwood Technical CollegeRice Lake · public	$36,070	$34,542	$9,437	26%
5	Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire · public	$36,033	$36,053	$14,396	40%
6	Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee · public	$35,624	$39,276	Not reported	Not reported
7	Gateway Technical CollegeKenosha · public	$35,164	$34,095	$9,834	28%
8	Milwaukee Career CollegeMilwaukee · private for-profit	$35,091	$33,402	$7,520	21%
9	Mid-State Technical CollegeWisconsin Rapids · public	$35,056	$36,952	$11,160	32%
10	Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee · public	$34,984	$43,167	$10,210	29%
11	Madison Area Technical CollegeMadison · public	$34,484	Not reported	$16,875	49%
12	Concordia University-WisconsinMequon · private nonprofit	$34,372	Not reported	$14,250	41%
13	Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton · public	$33,981	$35,820	$13,250	39%
14	Lakeshore Technical CollegeCleveland · public	$33,920	$33,987	$11,000	32%
15	Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay · public	$32,309	$34,444	$11,958	37%
16	Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau · public	$31,154	$33,277	$10,268	33%
17	Southwest Wisconsin Technical CollegeFennimore · public	$30,929	$34,655	$9,411	30%
18	Herzing University-MadisonMadison · private nonprofit	$30,106	$33,717	$24,721	82%

Waukesha County Technical College reports pay but not debt, so it is ranked only by pay.

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

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

Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only the 17 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Blackhawk Technical College$37,193
Western Technical College (Wisconsin)$36,437
Moraine Park Technical College$36,255
Northwood Technical College$36,070
Chippewa Valley Technical College$36,033

Lowest median debt

Milwaukee Career College$7,520
Blackhawk Technical College$7,743
Moraine Park Technical College$7,779
Southwest Wisconsin Technical College$9,411
Northwood Technical College$9,437

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

$48,680

Median pay in Wisconsin. 13,810 people work in this job in Wisconsin. 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%: $39,480Top 10%: $57,990

Pharmacy Technicians

$45,970

Median pay in Wisconsin. 9,540 people work in this job in Wisconsin. 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%: $36,080Top 10%: $58,700

Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians

$60,670

Median pay in Wisconsin. 8,480 people work in this job in Wisconsin. 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%: $46,350Top 10%: $84,980

Surgical Technologists

$74,120

Median pay in Wisconsin. 2,180 people work in this job in Wisconsin. 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%: $59,410Top 10%: $86,670

Common questions

Blackhawk Technical College in Janesville reports the highest median first-year pay, $37,193. Its median federal debt is $7,743.

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 Wisconsin, ranked11 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 Wisconsin 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