Undergraduate certificate · Lancaster, California
Is Health and Medical Administrative Services at San Joaquin Valley College-Lancaster worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $34,255
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $37,519
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $9,500
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $30k (likely $30k – $34k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$2k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$104k (likely −$123k – −$85k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$114k (likely −$161k – −$59k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 71%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) (Undergraduate certificate)$55,594
- Heating, Air Conditioning, Ventilation and Refrigeration Maintenance Technology/Technician (HAC, HACR, HVAC, HVACR) (Associate's)$49,445
- Business Operations Support and Assistant Services (Associate's)$46,147
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Associate's)$44,103
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Associate's)$37,439
- Business Operations Support and Assistant Services (Undergraduate certificate)$36,595
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Associate's)$35,734
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Undergraduate certificate)$33,797
Health and Medical Administrative Services at other schools in California
- Santa Barbara City College$59,345
- MTI College$46,766
- Butte College$45,133
- Concorde Career College-Garden Grove$42,648
- National Career College$42,468
- American Career College-Los Angeles$41,973
- American Career College-Anaheim$41,973
- Downey Adult School$41,554
- North-West College-West Covina$41,423
- North-West College-Glendale$41,423