Undergraduate certificate · Baldwin Park, California

Is Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services at Baldwin Park Adult & Community Education worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 17.3 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: Not enough graduates to report; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $39,716; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: Not enough borrowers to report; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $10k (likely $10k – $10k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: −$145 a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 17.3 years (likely 4.4–20+); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$53k (likely −$97k – −$9k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: −$37k (likely −$136k – $65k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 77%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26