Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services programs in Kentucky
42 schools in Kentucky teach this, at certificate or associate level. 24 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $44,356 at Somerset Community College.
What this work pays in Kentucky
Medical Assistants in Kentucky earn a median of $39,270 a year across 13,440 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 Kentucky |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy Technicians | $39,200 | 8,870 |
| Physical Therapist Assistants | $61,480 | 2,580 |
| Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other | $49,410 | 1,940 |
| Surgical Technologists | $60,490 | 1,440 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $83,680 | 1,380 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset Community College Somerset | Associate's degree | — | $44,356 (20 grads) | 14 |
| Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College Cumberland | Associate's degree | — | $43,426 (12 grads) | 5 |
| Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville | Associate's degree | $12,461 | $39,153 (65 grads) | 46 |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah | Associate's degree | — | $36,852 (16 grads) | 9 |
| Madisonville Community College Madisonville | Associate's degree | $7,500 | $36,848 (46 grads) | 24 |
| Ross College-Hopkinsville Hopkinsville | Associate's degree | $9,500 | $33,993 (125 grads) | 21 |
| Sullivan University Louisville | Undergraduate certificate | $10,926 | $28,236 (37 grads) | 8 |
| ATA College Louisville | Undergraduate certificate | $13,583 | $27,126 (22 grads) | 4 |
| American National University-Louisville Louisville | Undergraduate certificate | — | $27,048 (19 grads) | — |
| Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College Cumberland | Undergraduate certificate | $7,793 | $26,121 (16 grads) | 81 |
| Sullivan University Louisville | Associate's degree | $22,264 | $25,856 (25 grads) | 4 |
| ATA College Louisville | Associate's degree | $21,000 | $25,691 (138 grads) | 4 |
| Gateway Community and Technical College Florence | Associate's degree | — | $25,580 (29 grads) | 13 |
| Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville | Undergraduate certificate | — | $25,484 (18 grads) | 61 |
| Beckfield College-Florence Florence | Associate's degree | — | $25,001 (49 grads) | 0 |
| Beckfield College-Florence Florence | Undergraduate certificate | $15,634 | $24,164 (36 grads) | 4 |
| Henderson Community College Henderson | Associate's degree | — | $24,035 (15 grads) | 10 |
| Ross College-Hopkinsville Hopkinsville | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $23,343 (1,064 grads) | 28 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Erlanger Erlanger | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $23,343 (1,064 grads) | 39 |
| American National University-Louisville Louisville | Associate's degree | $23,265 | $22,851 (118 grads) | 11 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Owensboro Owensboro | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $21,597 (643 grads) | 21 |
| Brighton Center's Center for Employment Training Newport | Undergraduate certificate | — | $21,508 (25 grads) | 14 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Bowling Green Bowling Green | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $21,468 (1,258 grads) | 37 |
| Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education Lexington | Undergraduate certificate | — | $21,052 (29 grads) | 14 |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington | Undergraduate certificate | $16,360 | not published | 134 |
| MedQuest College Louisville | Undergraduate certificate | $9,115 | not published | 102 |
| Medical Career & Technical College Richmond | Undergraduate certificate | $5,000 | not published | 46 |
| Ashland Community and Technical College Ashland | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 24 |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington | Associate's degree | — | not published | 16 |
| Gateway Community and Technical College Florence | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 29 |
| Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 23 |
| Hazard Community and Technical College Hazard | Associate's degree | — | not published | 10 |
| Henderson Community College Henderson | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 40 |
| Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 24 |
| Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Jefferson Community and Technical College Louisville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 79 |
| Madisonville Community College Madisonville | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 10 |
| Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 56 |
| Owensboro Community and Technical College Owensboro | Associate's degree | — | not published | 14 |
| Somerset Community College Somerset | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 18 |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College Paducah | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 15 |
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.
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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 Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services — nothing else, and nothing in between.
Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.