Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services at Milwaukee Area Technical College

With only a handful of graduates in this sample, these numbers require caution, but they reveal a consistent pattern: Milwaukee Area Technical College's allied health program lags behind Wisconsin's technical college network. While graduates here earn $34,030 initially and see respectable 21% growth to $41,057 by year four, that starting figure trails the state median and falls well short of what similar programs deliver at Northcentral ($53,523) or Lakeshore ($52,020). The debt burden of $23,187 matches Wisconsin's median but represents two-thirds of first-year income—manageable but not ideal for an associate degree.

The real question for Milwaukee-area families is whether proximity justifies the earnings gap. If your student can reasonably commute to or relocate for a program like Western Technical or Chippewa Valley Technical—both showing substantially higher returns—that's worth serious consideration. The 41% Pell grant rate here suggests Milwaukee Area Technical serves many students with limited options, but even modest earnings differences compound significantly over a career. If this is the only practical choice due to location or family circumstances, graduates still land in healthcare with room for wage growth. Just recognize that other Wisconsin technical colleges are producing stronger outcomes in this same field.