MEDICAL ASSISTANT SCHOOLS IN ARIZONA — Federal Data, September 2026
Medical Assistant Schools in Arizona, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn
17 accredited institutions in Arizona report enough federal data on this program to be compared. They are ranked here on a single measure: how many months of gross pay it takes a graduate to cover the median debt.
See The RankingU.S. Department of Education data. No school paid to be listed.
Across the 17 ranked programs in Arizona, the median graduate needs 3.8 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $9,500, against median earnings of $29,556 one year after completion.
That is faster than the national median of 4.9 months for this field, measured across the 840 institutions in our national medical assistant schools ranking. The best performer in the state is Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix in Phoenix, at 3.4 months.
Every figure on this page is recalculated on Arizona institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.
At A Glance
What the federal data says about medical assistant schools in Arizona
The Ranking
17 medical assistant schools in Arizona, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt
Lower is better.
| # | School | Type | Award | Months | Debt | Earnings | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pima Medical Institute-PhoenixPhoenix, AZ | for-profit | Certificate | 3.4 | $8,780 | $30,654 | 65% |
| 2 | Pima Medical Institute-TucsonTucson, AZ | for-profit | Certificate | 3.6 | $9,457 | $31,915 | 72% |
| 3 | Pima Medical Institute-MesaMesa, AZ | for-profit | Certificate | 3.6 | $9,457 | $31,915 | 67% |
| 4 | Pima Medical Institute-East ValleyMesa, AZ | for-profit | Certificate | 3.6 | $9,457 | $31,915 | 76% |
| 5 | Carrington College-Phoenix NorthPhoenix, AZ | for-profit | Certificate | 3.7 | $9,174 | $29,556 | 62% |
| 6 | Carrington College-MesaMesa, AZ | for-profit | Certificate | 3.7 | $9,174 | $29,556 | 54% |
| 7 | Carrington College-TucsonTucson, AZ | for-profit | Certificate | 3.7 | $9,174 | $29,556 | 66% |
| 8 | GateWay Community CollegePhoenix, AZ | Public | Associate | 3.7 | $15,581 | $50,605 | 29% |
| 9 | Allen School-PhoenixPhoenix, AZ | for-profit | Certificate | 3.8 | $9,500 | $29,867 | 83% |
| 10 | Arizona College of Nursing-TempeTempe, AZ | for-profit | Certificate | 3.9 | $9,500 | $29,388 | 89% |
| 11 | Arizona College-MesaMesa, AZ | for-profit | Certificate | 3.9 | $9,500 | $29,388 | 88% |
| 12 | Arizona College-GlendaleGlendale, AZ | for-profit | Certificate | 3.9 | $9,500 | $29,388 | 85% |
| 13 | Brookline College-PhoenixPhoenix, AZ | for-profit | Certificate | 4.1 | $9,500 | $27,966 | 53% |
| 14 | Brookline College-TempeTempe, AZ | for-profit | Certificate | 4.1 | $9,500 | $27,966 | 40% |
| 15 | Brookline College-TucsonTucson, AZ | for-profit | Certificate | 4.1 | $9,500 | $27,966 | 48% |
| 16 | UEI College-PhoenixPhoenix, AZ | for-profit | Certificate | 4.6 | $9,500 | $24,695 | 57% |
| 17 | UEI College-MesaMesa, AZ | for-profit | Certificate | 4.6 | $9,500 | $24,695 | 50% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Cohorts by Field of Study and by Institution (published 9 June 2026). Debt is the median federal Stafford and Grad PLUS loan debt of completers in this program; earnings are median earnings one year after completion. Where a school offers the program at both certificate and associate level, the shorter payback is shown. Completion is the institution’s published rate, not the program’s.
The Top Five, In Detail
The five fastest payback programs in Arizona, one by one
Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ
Pima Medical Institute-Phoenix is a private for-profit institution in Phoenix. Its medical assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $8,780 and report median earnings of $30,654 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.4 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and 0.4 months faster than the Arizona state median of 3.8. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 65% completion rate.
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson
Tucson, AZ
Pima Medical Institute-Tucson is a private for-profit institution in Tucson. Its medical assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,457 and report median earnings of $31,915 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.6 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and right on the Arizona state median of 3.8. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 72% completion rate.
Pima Medical Institute-Mesa
Mesa, AZ
Pima Medical Institute-Mesa is a private for-profit institution in Mesa. Its medical assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,457 and report median earnings of $31,915 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.6 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and right on the Arizona state median of 3.8. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 67% completion rate.
Pima Medical Institute-East Valley
Mesa, AZ
Pima Medical Institute-East Valley is a private for-profit institution in Mesa. Its medical assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,457 and report median earnings of $31,915 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.6 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and right on the Arizona state median of 3.8. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 76% completion rate.
Carrington College-Phoenix North
Phoenix, AZ
Carrington College-Phoenix North is a private for-profit institution in Phoenix. Its medical assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,174 and report median earnings of $29,556 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 3.7 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and right on the Arizona state median of 3.8. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 62% completion rate.
Read It Carefully
What this ranking does not measure
Absence from this page is not a verdict. The Department of Education suppresses figures for programs with small cohorts, so a small, excellent school will often have no publishable data at all. Schools that enroll no students on federal aid are outside this dataset entirely.
The measure is a ratio, not a repayment plan, and it counts federal loan debt only. Cash payments, private loans and employer sponsorship are invisible here. Local wages shape earnings as much as the school does, which is exactly why comparing inside one state, as this page does, is more informative than comparing across the country.
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