Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services at Tidewater Community College

Norfolk, VA · Associate's Degree · about 54 graduates a year

$29,799
Median pay 1 year after graduating
$50,925
Median pay 4 years after graduating
$42,269
National median for this major (4 yrs)
#127 of 476
Rank by pay
#263 of 476
Rank, wage-adjusted
$9,650
Median federal debt

Tidewater Community College graduates in allied health and medical assisting services earn 20% more than the national median for the same major four years after graduating. Their median federal debt equals about 19% of one year’s pay at that point.

How Tidewater Community College Compares for Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services

All 476 colleges reporting allied health and medical assisting services earnings at this degree level, ranked by median pay four years after graduation. “Wage-adjusted” divides pay by the square root of the state’s wage index so colleges in low-wage states aren’t penalized for local pay.

#College4 yrs afterWage-adjustedAdj. rank1 yr after
1Widener University Chester, PA$76,784$78,090#1$61,990
2Tacoma Community College Tacoma, WA$76,531$70,392#4$58,382
3College of the Sequoias Visalia, CA$74,847$68,106#6$57,242
4Vermont State University Randolph, VT$74,523$76,541#2—
5Casa Loma College-Los Angeles Sherman Oaks, CA$72,307$65,795#11$56,092
6CBD College Los Angeles, CA$71,543$65,099#13$52,829
7Nassau Community College Garden City, NY$68,998$65,672#12$40,754
8Institute of Technology Clovis, CA$68,978$62,765#22$59,548
9Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts San Jose, CA$68,791$62,595#23$58,718
10Dalton State College Dalton, GA$68,770$71,191#3$58,734
…
124Fayetteville Technical Community College Fayetteville, NC$51,081$54,817#95$33,112
125River Valley Community College Claremont, NH$51,011$46,986#247$41,909
126Spokane Falls Community College Spokane, WA$50,979$46,890#249$47,797
127Tidewater Community College Norfolk, VA$50,925$46,372#263$29,799
128Orange County Community College Middletown, NY$50,894$48,441#206$51,727
129Kansas City Kansas Community College Kansas City, KS$50,807$52,746#126$42,823
130Florida State College at Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL$50,801$54,071#107$37,407

Other Majors at Tidewater Community College by Graduate Pay

Major4 yrs after1 yr afterRank in major
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$78,996$69,764#532 of 962
Engineering$76,492$68,555#19 of 53
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$71,342$62,524#164 of 560
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians$69,811—#27 of 40
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers$67,415—#25 of 52
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians$57,951$47,722#99 of 176
Drafting/Design Engineering Technologies/Technicians$54,518$41,114#28 of 39
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science$52,870$39,431#14 of 24
Business Administration, Management and Operations$52,533$35,919#182 of 547
Computer and Information Sciences$50,852$45,084#83 of 122
Criminal Justice and Corrections$47,597$26,013#197 of 426
Accounting and Related Services$45,829$29,056#162 of 225
Legal Support Services$45,823$33,677#45 of 109
Biological and Physical Sciences$45,557$30,605#66 of 85
Health and Medical Administrative Services$45,431$29,290#81 of 286
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities$42,659$27,294#500 of 947
Business Operations Support and Assistant Services$41,825$35,687#16 of 57
Social Sciences$41,334$29,425#28 of 38
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions$39,788$23,509#34 of 58
Culinary Arts and Related Services$37,564$25,938#59 of 96
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services$30,269$23,239#70 of 93
Design and Applied Arts$28,976$22,935#87 of 90

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Tidewater Community College allied health and medical assisting services graduates make?

Graduates earn a median $29,799 one year after graduating and $50,925 four years after graduating. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

How does Tidewater Community College rank for allied health and medical assisting services?

Among 476 colleges reporting earnings for allied health and medical assisting services graduates, Tidewater Community College ranks #127 by median pay four years after graduation, and #263 after adjusting for state wage levels.

Is allied health and medical assisting services at Tidewater Community College worth it?

Its graduates earn 20% more than the national median for allied health and medical assisting services ($42,269), and the median federal debt at graduation is $9,650.

← All data for Tidewater Community College · Methodology

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study data. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled; programs with few graduates are not reported. Wage adjustment uses Census ACS state median household income.