Trade School Scoreboard

American Career College-Los Angeles

Private for-profit in Los Angeles, CA. 6 certificate or associate programs in trades and allied health appear in the federal data, covering medical assistant, dental assisting, medical billing & coding, imaging & surgical tech and more.

Programs and outcomes

ProgramCredentialCompleters/yr1-yr earningsMedian debtMonthly payment*
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate288$66,212$18,016$205
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree110$65,184$28,167$320
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree–$55,859$27,000$307
Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate50$38,448$9,500$108
Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesCertificate424$36,438$9,500$108
Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate105$32,907$9,500$108

*Scorecard's estimated monthly payment on the median debt over 10 years. “Not reported” means the Department suppressed or did not publish the figure.

How it compares

  • Dental Support Services and Allied Professions (certificate): graduates earned $32,907 one year out, 6% above the national median for dental assisting certificate programs ($31,039).
  • Health and Medical Administrative Services (certificate): graduates earned $38,448 one year out, 15% above the national median for medical billing & coding certificate programs ($33,513).
  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (certificate): graduates earned $36,438 one year out, 11% above the national median for medical assistant certificate programs ($32,792).
  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (associate degree): graduates earned $55,859 one year out, 33% above the national median for medical assistant associate degree programs ($42,087).

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study and Institution files (release dated 10/15/2026). Earnings are median annual earnings of completers working and not enrolled one year after finishing; debt is median federal loan debt of borrowers; both describe past cohorts and small programs are suppressed by the Department. School facts come from the Scorecard Institution file. See our methodology.