Undergraduate certificate · Duluth, Minnesota
Is Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services at Lake Superior College worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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
- $37,422
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $38,755
- 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
- $18k (likely $18k – $24k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$3k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MN
- 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
- −$99k (likely −$158k – −$29k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$136k (likely −$258k – $4k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 45%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Lake Superior College
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$76,770
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$73,852
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$72,699
- Fire Protection (Associate's)$66,854
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants (Undergraduate certificate)$65,039
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (Undergraduate certificate)$64,385
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's)$62,773
- Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (Associate's)$62,034
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Associate's)$57,948
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$56,674
- Precision Metal Working (Undergraduate certificate)$53,775
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's)$50,382
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services at other schools in Minnesota
- Inver Hills Community College$53,003
- Century College$47,989
- Hennepin Technical College$45,336
- Dakota County Technical College$41,355
- Anoka Technical College$40,718
- Central Lakes College-Brainerd$37,117
- Rasmussen University-Minnesota$36,914
- Riverland Community College$33,385