Undergraduate certificate · Salem, Virginia
Is Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services at American National University 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
- $32,670
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $35,661
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $11,509
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $24k (likely $20k – $27k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$4k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in VA
- 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
- −$116k (likely −$148k – −$81k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$141k (likely −$211k – −$66k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 28%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at American National University
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$49,538
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Bachelor's)$47,025
- Legal Support Services (Undergraduate certificate)$46,195
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$40,374
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Associate's)$35,431
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Undergraduate certificate)$33,637
- Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (Associate's)$32,961
- Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$32,156
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services at other schools in Virginia
- Eastern Shore Community College$42,378
- ECPI University$38,062
- Eastern Virginia Career College$34,819
- Virginia Highlands Community College$31,321
- Fortis College-Norfolk$29,744
- Fortis College-Richmond$29,744