Associate's · Cleveland, Tennessee
Is Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services at Cleveland State Community 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
- 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
- $38,158
- 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
- $22k (likely $22k – $29k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $44 a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in TN
- 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
- −$109k (likely −$176k – −$25k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$93k (likely −$226k – $78k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 33%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
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Other majors at Cleveland State Community College
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$77,699
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Associate's)$56,182
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Undergraduate certificate)$54,057
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (Undergraduate certificate)$47,534
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Undergraduate certificate)$42,890
- Energy Systems Technologies/Technicians (Undergraduate certificate)$36,179
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Associate's)$35,460
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services at other schools in Tennessee
- Southwest Tennessee Community College$54,736
- Volunteer State Community College$51,709
- Jackson State Community College$50,670
- Concorde Career College-Memphis$50,436
- Chattanooga State Community College$50,158
- Nashville State Community College$49,331
- Walters State Community College$46,116
- South College$46,109
- Herzing University-Nashville$44,890
- Roane State Community College$44,612