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Health Aides/Attendants/Orderlies

Health Professions

Health Aides/Attendants/Orderlies graduates with a undergrad cert typically earned about $27,531, measured a few years after finishing (median across US programs, College Scorecard).
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Median earnings by degree level

Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Certificate median $27,531, $22,844 to $34,667.$23k$29k$35kCertificate$27,531
Earnings range across schools, by degree levelEach row is a degree level: the bar is the middle half of schools' program medians (25th to 75th percentile) and the dot is the overall median. Certificate median $27,531, $22,844 to $34,667.$23k$29k$35kCertificate$27,531
DegreeMedian earningsTypical rangeSchoolsClear the bar
Undergraduate Certificate or Diploma$27,531$22,844 to $34,6671030%

"Clear the bar" is the share of programs whose graduates out-earn a typical high-school graduate (the federal earnings-premium test). Typical range is the 25th to 75th percentile of program medians.

Job outlook

Projected employment growth +4% (2025 to 2035), about 222,200 openings a year across the occupations this field commonly leads to.

OccupationMedian payGrowthOpenings/yr
Nursing Assistants$42,260+2.6%196,200
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other$48,430+4.8%14,100
Physical Therapist Aides$35,240+4%6,400
Psychiatric Aides$44,910+1.9%4,900
Occupational Therapy Aides$39,160+3.6%600

Occupation pay and outlook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS wages, Employment Projections). A field maps to several occupations, and the same occupations serve many majors, so these are the jobs this major commonly leads to, not positions reserved for its graduates; the openings should not be added up across majors.

Where this is studied

The 8 colleges where the most students complete a health aides/attendants/orderlies program, of 87 that report one. Ordered by number of completions only: this is where people study it, not a judgement about where to.

Earnings source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10), median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.