Certificate (1-2 years)+25% vs national median389 grads tracked
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services at Portland Community College
Ranked 7th of 121 certificate (1-2 years) programs in Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$39,235
middle 50%: $31,112 – $45,734
Median · 5 years out
$45,300
middle 50%: $35,374 – $53,221
Median · 10 years out
$45,751
middle 50%: $37,592 – $64,718
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (certificate (1-2 years)) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Portland Community College Allied Health graduates earn a median of $39k in year one. Five-year and ten-year medians are $45k and $46k, respectively.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.
Will the degree pay for itself?
Drag the sliders — payback uses this program's actual salary curve.
Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).
Paid off in
9.3 yrs
≈ $10,258 total interest
Same major at other universities
Southwest Virginia Community College
$62,224 · 5 yrs out
Houston Community College
$61,147 · 5 yrs out
University of Hawaii Maui College
$47,666 · 5 yrs out
Massasoit Community College
$47,243 · 5 yrs out
Norwalk Community College
$46,924 · 5 yrs out
Rochester Community and Technical College
$46,903 · 5 yrs out
Clackamas Community College
$45,159 · 5 yrs out
Kapiolani Community College
$44,891 · 5 yrs out
Clatsop Community College
$42,800 · 5 yrs out
Anoka Technical College
$42,746 · 5 yrs out
Central Oregon Community College
$42,617 · 5 yrs out
Des Moines Area Community College
$42,582 · 5 yrs out
Other majors at Portland Community College
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers (Certificate)
$101,061 · 5 yrs out
Construction Trades (Certificate)
$99,460 · 5 yrs out
Fire Protection (Associate)
$97,859 · 5 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate)
$93,265 · 5 yrs out
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Certificate)
$87,244 · 5 yrs out
Construction Trades (Associate)
$85,856 · 5 yrs out
Transportation and Materials Moving (Associate)
$85,137 · 5 yrs out
Air Transportation (Associate)
$85,137 · 5 yrs out
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (Associate)
$84,509 · 5 yrs out
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Associate)
$84,284 · 5 yrs out
Computer Programming (Certificate)
$79,996 · 5 yrs out
Engineering (Associate)
$79,314 · 5 yrs out
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