Program Payoff

Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies

Weslaco, Texas. 4 certificate and associate programs, private, nonprofit. 4 of them report what graduates earn; for the rest, the figure below is what the occupation pays in Texas.

ProgramCredentialMedian debtGraduates earnThe occupation pays
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants Undergraduate certificate $7,917 $23,745 (84) $37,500
Nursing Assistants
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions Undergraduate certificate $9,500 $17,340 (58) $78,630
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians
Health and Medical Administrative Services Undergraduate certificate $7,019 $17,323 (27) $64,940
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services Undergraduate certificate $9,500 not published $39,520
Medical Assistants

"Graduates earn" is the median two years after completing, from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10; the number in brackets is how many graduates it covers. A dash means the Department has not published a figure — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates — and never that the figure is zero. "The occupation pays" is the state median for the occupation the program leads to, from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, and describes everyone in that job rather than graduates of this school.