Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services at Bluegrass Community and Technical College

With fewer than 30 graduates in the data, these figures need careful interpretation, but they reveal some concerning patterns. Bluegrass Community and Technical College's medical assisting program produces graduates earning about $27,000 in their first year—right at the national median but notably below the state median. More troubling, students here carry nearly double the debt ($17,838 versus $9,500) compared to typical Kentucky medical assisting programs. When you can earn similar money at ATA College or MedQuest with half the debt burden, that's worth serious consideration.

The debt-to-earnings ratio of 0.66 means your child would owe roughly eight months of gross pay—manageable in theory, but other Kentucky schools achieve better outcomes. Sullivan University graduates, for instance, earn $34,000 with comparable debt loads, creating a much more favorable financial picture. For a field where earnings start modest and don't typically surge with experience, every dollar of unnecessary debt matters.

If Bluegrass Community is the only accessible option due to location or schedule, the program isn't financially catastrophic—the debt burden is real but not crushing. However, if other Kentucky medical assisting programs are within reach, compare their specific numbers carefully. The small sample size here might mean one graduating class skewed the data, but it could just as easily signal a consistent pattern.