Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services programs in New York
79 schools in New York teach this, at certificate or associate level. 47 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $55,512 at Nassau Community College.
What this work pays in New York
Medical Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,000 a year across 40,710 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 New York |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmacy Technicians | $43,930 | 24,400 |
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | $131,220 | 21,410 |
| Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other | $60,320 | 11,910 |
| Surgical Technologists | $79,550 | 6,540 |
| Healthcare Support Workers, All Other | $56,510 | 5,470 |
Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.
Schools
| School | Credential | Median debt | Graduate earnings, 2 yrs | Graduates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nassau Community College Garden City | Associate's degree | — | $55,512 (22 grads) | 22 |
| CUNY LaGuardia Community College Long Island City | Associate's degree | $8,049 | $50,141 (68 grads) | 64 |
| Suffolk County Community College Selden | Associate's degree | — | $49,918 (55 grads) | 81 |
| Mercy University Dobbs Ferry | Associate's degree | $23,541 | $47,260 (35 grads) | 24 |
| Rockland Community College Suffern | Associate's degree | — | $44,572 (14 grads) | 19 |
| Herkimer County Community College Herkimer | Associate's degree | $15,352 | $44,356 (14 grads) | 10 |
| Genesee Community College Batavia | Associate's degree | $13,000 | $40,896 (49 grads) | 40 |
| SUNY Broome Community College Binghamton | Associate's degree | $15,693 | $38,559 (42 grads) | 27 |
| Villa Maria College Buffalo | Associate's degree | $13,264 | $37,856 (43 grads) | 15 |
| Onondaga Community College Syracuse | Associate's degree | — | $37,208 (14 grads) | 11 |
| Orange County Community College Middletown | Associate's degree | $9,500 | $36,560 (46 grads) | 51 |
| Maria College of Albany Albany | Associate's degree | $19,371 | $35,351 (72 grads) | 51 |
| St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens Rego Park | Associate's degree | $13,475 | $32,350 (71 grads) | 48 |
| Jamestown Community College Jamestown | Associate's degree | $11,250 | $30,554 (36 grads) | 18 |
| Mildred Elley School-Albany Campus Albany | Associate's degree | $19,075 | $29,685 (37 grads) | 17 |
| Mildred Elley-New York Campus New York | Associate's degree | $19,075 | $29,685 (37 grads) | 153 |
| Sullivan County Community College Loch Sheldrake | Associate's degree | — | $29,250 (19 grads) | 3 |
| The College of Westchester White Plains | Associate's degree | $18,500 | $29,250 (45 grads) | 48 |
| Niagara County Community College Sanborn | Associate's degree | $11,500 | $28,816 (32 grads) | 13 |
| Mildred Elley School-Albany Campus Albany | Undergraduate certificate | $18,625 | $28,236 (11 grads) | 38 |
| Mildred Elley-New York Campus New York | Undergraduate certificate | $18,625 | $28,236 (11 grads) | 202 |
| Plaza College Forest Hills | Associate's degree | $16,591 | $27,427 (87 grads) | 55 |
| St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island Staten Island | Associate's degree | $16,019 | $27,126 (109 grads) | 51 |
| Hunter Business School Levittown | Undergraduate certificate | $7,987 | $26,880 (439 grads) | 330 |
| CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside | Associate's degree | — | $26,850 (26 grads) | 36 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Albany Albany | Associate's degree | $20,650 | $26,643 (428 grads) | 16 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo Buffalo | Associate's degree | $20,650 | $26,643 (428 grads) | 66 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Greece Rochester | Associate's degree | $20,650 | $26,643 (428 grads) | 30 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North Liverpool | Associate's degree | $20,650 | $26,643 (428 grads) | 42 |
| Mandl School-The College of Allied Health New York | Associate's degree | $17,900 | $26,318 (300 grads) | 67 |
| Westchester School for Medical & Dental Assistants Ardsley | Undergraduate certificate | $4,728 | $25,967 (38 grads) | 60 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton | Associate's degree | — | $25,194 (13 grads) | 9 |
| Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES Liverpool | Undergraduate certificate | $5,606 | $24,973 (129 grads) | 21 |
| New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants Long Island City | Undergraduate certificate | $8,245 | $24,243 (226 grads) | 28 |
| Access Careers Hempstead | Undergraduate certificate | $5,966 | $24,035 (23 grads) | 87 |
| Access Careers-Islandia Islandia | Undergraduate certificate | $5,966 | $24,035 (23 grads) | 28 |
| Allen School-Brooklyn Brooklyn | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $23,852 (1,240 grads) | 320 |
| Allen School-Jamaica Jamaica | Undergraduate certificate | $9,500 | $23,852 (1,240 grads) | 233 |
| Center for Instruction, Technology & Innovation Mexico | Undergraduate certificate | — | $23,649 (11 grads) | 7 |
| Monroe University Bronx | Associate's degree | $13,402 | $22,936 (72 grads) | 38 |
| New York Medical Career Training Center Flushing | Undergraduate certificate | $4,526 | $22,043 (140 grads) | 41 |
| Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences New York | Associate's degree | $20,000 | $21,508 (61 grads) | — |
| CUNY Bronx Community College Bronx | Associate's degree | — | $20,687 (28 grads) | 13 |
| Ace Institute of Technology New York | Undergraduate certificate | $5,032 | $20,444 (74 grads) | 52 |
| New Age Training New York | Undergraduate certificate | $7,740 | $20,241 (199 grads) | 337 |
| Career School of NY Staten Island | Undergraduate certificate | — | $20,140 (19 grads) | 3 |
| Metropolitan Learning Institute Rego Park | Undergraduate certificate | — | $15,150 (59 grads) | — |
| Erie Community College Buffalo | Associate's degree | — | not published | 15 |
| Manhattan School of Computer Technology Brooklyn | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 75 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences New York | Undergraduate certificate | $12,798 | not published | 34 |
| Touro University New York | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Access Careers Hempstead | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Allen School-Jamaica Jamaica | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
| Alliance Computing Solutions Flushing | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 10 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Albany Albany | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| CUNY Hostos Community College Bronx | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn | Associate's degree | — | not published | 10 |
| CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Cayuga County Community College Auburn | Associate's degree | — | not published | 11 |
| Center for Allied Health Education Brooklyn | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Columbia-Greene Community College Hudson | Associate's degree | — | not published | 6 |
| Erie Community College Buffalo | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Herkimer County Community College Herkimer | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 2 |
| Hudson Valley Community College Troy | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Lia Schorr Institute of Cosmetic Skin Care Training New York | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | — |
| Mandl School-The College of Allied Health New York | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Mohawk Valley Community College Utica | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| Mohawk Valley Community College Utica | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Monroe Community College Rochester | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 1 |
| Nassau Community College Garden City | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants Long Island City | Associate's degree | — | not published | 46 |
| SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| SUNY Westchester Community College Valhalla | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Sullivan County Community College Loch Sheldrake | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 0 |
| The College of Westchester White Plains | Undergraduate certificate | — | not published | 4 |
| Trocaire College Buffalo | Associate's degree | — | not published | 0 |
| Utica University Utica | Associate's degree | — | not published | — |
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.