Health and Medical Administrative Services programs in North Carolina
116 schools in North Carolina teach this, at certificate or associate level. 43 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $37,208 at Durham Technical Community College.
What this work pays in North Carolina
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants in North Carolina earn a median of $44,190 a year across 56,840 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.
| Also leads to | Median | Jobs in North Carolina |
|---|---|---|
| First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | $62,340 | 35,830 |
| Medical Assistants | $45,140 | 23,650 |
| Computer User Support Specialists | $60,120 | 23,100 |
| Managers, All Other | $141,160 | 21,830 |
| Medical and Health Services Managers | $114,410 | 14,820 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Durham Technical Community College Durham | Associate's degree | — | $37,208 (28 grads) | 21 |
| Davidson-Davie Community College Thomasville | Associate's degree | — | $35,594 (13 grads) | 14 |
| Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Asheville | Associate's degree | — | $32,925 (15 grads) | 9 |
| Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte | Associate's degree | — | $29,685 (47 grads) | 39 |
| Edgecombe Community College Tarboro | Associate's degree | — | $29,141 (43 grads) | 27 |
| Brunswick Community College Bolivia | Associate's degree | — | $28,960 (18 grads) | 1 |
| Pitt Community College Winterville | Associate's degree | $18,685 | $28,895 (85 grads) | 90 |
| Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown | Associate's degree | $21,125 | $28,312 (95 grads) | 61 |
| South University-High Point High Point | Associate's degree | $27,848 | $27,916 (350 grads) | 2 |
| Nash Community College Rocky Mount | Associate's degree | — | $27,536 (23 grads) | 9 |
| Guilford Technical Community College Jamestown | Undergraduate certificate | $20,000 | $27,397 (25 grads) | 157 |
| Cape Fear Community College Wilmington | Associate's degree | — | $27,222 (37 grads) | 11 |
| Catawba Valley Community College Hickory | Associate's degree | — | $27,155 (54 grads) | 17 |
| Southwestern Community College Sylva | Associate's degree | — | $27,126 (26 grads) | 13 |
| Alamance Community College Graham | Associate's degree | — | $26,739 (22 grads) | 7 |
| Haywood Community College Clyde | Associate's degree | — | $26,353 (14 grads) | 7 |
| Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Salisbury | Associate's degree | — | $26,353 (42 grads) | 22 |
| Wake Technical Community College Raleigh | Associate's degree | $25,117 | $25,525 (94 grads) | 112 |
| Forsyth Technical Community College Winston-Salem | Associate's degree | $20,000 | $25,194 (48 grads) | 29 |
| Gwinnett College Raleigh | Undergraduate certificate | — | $25,194 (19 grads) | 6 |
| Southeastern College-Charlotte Charlotte | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $25,194 (128 grads) | 16 |
| College of Wilmington Wilmington | Undergraduate certificate | — | $24,421 (33 grads) | 4 |
| Johnston Community College Smithfield | Associate's degree | — | $24,421 (28 grads) | 16 |
| Wayne Community College Goldsboro | Associate's degree | — | $24,201 (27 grads) | 19 |
| Gaston College Dallas | Associate's degree | — | $23,869 (34 grads) | 26 |
| Lenoir Community College Kinston | Associate's degree | — | $23,340 (13 grads) | 18 |
| Vance-Granville Community College Henderson | Associate's degree | — | $23,340 (19 grads) | 18 |
| Central Carolina Community College Sanford | Associate's degree | — | $23,262 (32 grads) | 18 |
| Sandhills Community College Pinehurst | Associate's degree | — | $23,262 (22 grads) | 16 |
| South Piedmont Community College Polkton | Associate's degree | — | $22,999 (22 grads) | 1 |
| Craven Community College New Bern | Associate's degree | — | $22,420 (27 grads) | 16 |
| Surry Community College Dobson | Associate's degree | — | $22,192 (16 grads) | 19 |
| Richmond Community College Hamlet | Associate's degree | — | $21,508 (11 grads) | 11 |
| Robeson Community College Lumberton | Associate's degree | — | $21,508 (18 grads) | 8 |
| Fayetteville Technical Community College Fayetteville | Associate's degree | $17,676 | $21,403 (62 grads) | 52 |
| Wake Technical Community College Raleigh | Undergraduate certificate | $13,939 | $21,052 (15 grads) | 52 |
| Miller-Motte College-Fayetteville Fayetteville | Undergraduate certificate | $20,000 | $20,687 (370 grads) | 11 |
| Miller-Motte College-Jacksonville Jacksonville | Undergraduate certificate | $20,000 | $20,687 (370 grads) | 8 |
| Cleveland Community College Shelby | Associate's degree | — | $20,596 (18 grads) | 15 |
| Beaufort County Community College Washington | Associate's degree | — | $20,140 (21 grads) | 7 |
| Halifax Community College Weldon | Associate's degree | — | $20,140 (15 grads) | 9 |
| Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute Hudson | Associate's degree | — | $17,595 (23 grads) | 6 |
| Isothermal Community College Spindale | Associate's degree | — | $16,663 (13 grads) | 9 |
| Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College Asheville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 24 |
| College of the Albemarle Elizabeth City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Fayetteville Technical Community College Fayetteville | Undergraduate certificate | $17,690 | not published | 154 |
| Forsyth Technical Community College Winston-Salem | Undergraduate certificate | $14,196 | not published | 50 |
| Pitt Community College Winterville | Undergraduate certificate | $11,123 | not published | 95 |
| Randolph Community College Asheboro | Associate's degree | — | not published | 14 |
| Wilson Community College Wilson | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Alamance Community College Graham | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| Beaufort County Community College Washington | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 44 |
| Bladen Community College Dublin | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 16 |
| Bladen Community College Dublin | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Brunswick Community College Bolivia | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute Hudson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 31 |
| Cape Fear Community College Wilmington | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 26 |
| Carteret Community College Morehead City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Carteret Community College Morehead City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Catawba Valley Community College Hickory | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 86 |
| Central Carolina Community College Sanford | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 10 |
| Central Piedmont Community College Charlotte | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 47 |
| Cleveland Community College Shelby | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 25 |
| Coastal Carolina Community College Jacksonville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 35 |
| Coastal Carolina Community College Jacksonville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 16 |
| College of the Albemarle Elizabeth City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 10 |
| Craven Community College New Bern | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 30 |
| Davidson-Davie Community College Thomasville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Durham Technical Community College Durham | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 15 |
| Edgecombe Community College Tarboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 42 |
| Gaston College Dallas | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 67 |
| Halifax Community College Weldon | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 46 |
| Haywood Community College Clyde | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 19 |
| Isothermal Community College Spindale | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 41 |
| Johnston Community College Smithfield | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 36 |
| Lenoir Community College Kinston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 71 |
| Martin Community College Williamston | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 15 |
| Martin Community College Williamston | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Mayland Community College Spruce Pine | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| McDowell Technical Community College Marion | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| McDowell Technical Community College Marion | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Methodist University Fayetteville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Mitchell Community College Statesville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Mitchell Community College Statesville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 1 |
| Montgomery Community College Troy | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| Montgomery Community College Troy | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Nash Community College Rocky Mount | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 18 |
| North Carolina Wesleyan University Rocky Mount | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Pamlico Community College Grantsboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 12 |
| Pamlico Community College Grantsboro | Associate's degree | — | not published | 2 |
| Piedmont Community College Roxboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Piedmont Community College Roxboro | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Randolph Community College Asheboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 36 |
| Richmond Community College Hamlet | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 14 |
| Roanoke-Chowan Community College Ahoskie | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 5 |
| Roanoke-Chowan Community College Ahoskie | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Robeson Community College Lumberton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 24 |
| Rockingham Community College Wentworth | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 21 |
| Rockingham Community College Wentworth | Associate's degree | — | not published | 3 |
| Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Salisbury | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 75 |
| Sampson Community College Clinton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 9 |
| Sampson Community College Clinton | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Sandhills Community College Pinehurst | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 6 |
| South Piedmont Community College Polkton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 7 |
| Southeastern College-Charlotte Charlotte | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Southeastern Community College Whiteville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Southeastern Community College Whiteville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Southwestern Community College Sylva | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 23 |
| Surry Community College Dobson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 35 |
| Tri-County Community College Murphy | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Tri-County Community College Murphy | Associate's degree | — | not published | 4 |
| Vance-Granville Community College Henderson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 24 |
| Wayne Community College Goldsboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 138 |
| Western Piedmont Community College Morganton | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 10 |
| Western Piedmont Community College Morganton | Associate's degree | — | not published | 7 |
| Wilson Community College Wilson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 18 |
A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.
Email me when these figures change
The U.S. Department of Education publishes new cost, debt and earnings figures once a year, and every number on this page changes at once. One email when that happens for Health and Medical Administrative Services — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.