BEST & WORST VOCATIONAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS BEST HVAC MAINTENANCE 1 Madison Area Technical College (WI)* 2 Dakota County Technical College (MN)* 3 Motoring Technical Training Institute (MA)° 4 National Career Education (CA)° 5 Porter and Chester Institute of Stratford (CT)° 6 YTI Career Institute-York (PA)° 7 Minnesota St. Community & Tech. College (MN)* 8 Pinnacle Career Institute-South Kansas City (MO)° 9 Metro. Community College-Kansas City (MO)* 10 Interactive College of Technology (KY)° 15293 54373 28% 8295 49357 17% 7993 41695 19% 8430 41306 20% 12250 41210 30% 8899 40757 22% 8044 40602 20% 12381 40598 30% 8622 40568 21% 10247 40539 25% WORST HVAC MAINTENANCE 10 Stautzenberger College-Maumee (OH)° 9 Advanced Technology Institute (VA)° 8 Fortis Institute (FL)° 7 Florida Career College (FL)° 6 Houston Community College (TX)* 5 All-State Career School (PA)° 4 Fortis College (AL)° 3 Central Georgia Technical College (GA)* 2 Hazard Community and Technical College (KY)* 1 Eastern Florida State College (FL)* 11241 27767 40% 15553 27767 56% 11489 27105 42% 8862 27064 33% 15265 26743 57% 12228 26671 46% 11461 25631 45% 7423 24954 30% 14346 22654 63% 9896 22416 44% BEST MEDICAL ASSISTANT 1 Oregon Coast Community College (OR)* 2 Bay Area Medical Academy (CA)° 3 Des Moines Area Community College (IA)* 4 Spokane Community College (WA)* 5 Century College (MN)* 6 Central Oregon Community College (OR)* 7 Wenatchee Valley College (WA)* 8 Pioneer Pacific College (OR)° 9 Panola College (TX)* 10 Front Range Community College (CO)* 13181 37651 7649 36253 35% 21% 9370 35933 26% 14578 34421 42% 15954 34196 47% 18762 33930 55% 14463 33435 43% 14000 32637 43% 11850 32546 36% 9633 32292 30% WORST MEDICAL ASSISTANT 10 South Louisiana Community College (LA)* 9 Blue Cliff College (LA)° 8 Baton Rouge Community College (LA)* 7 South Texas Training Center (TX)° 6 Garden State Science & Technology Institute (NJ)° 5 Greenville Technical College (SC)* 4 Rio Grande Valley College (TX)° 3 Columbiana County Career & Tech. Center (OH)* 2 Associated Technical College-Los Angeles (CA)° 1 South Florida Institute of Technology (FL)° 7418 18313 41% 10622 18251 58% 10915 17978 61% 4690 17012 28% 6973 16955 41% 11553 16624 69% 15977 50% 7965 4252 15449 28% 8507 2881 15148 56% 14816 19% BEST SOMATIC BODYWORK 1 Sage School of Massage & Esthetics (OR)° 2 Salon Professional Academy-Fargo (ND)° 3 Metro Beauty Academy (PA)° 4 Cortiva Institute-Cromwell (CT)° 5 Pinnacle Career Inst.-South Kansas City (MO)° 6 Center for the Healing Arts (NJ)° 7 University of Western States (OR) 8 Lincoln Technical Institute (NJ)° 9 Mind Body Institute (TN)° 10 Carrington College-Spokane (WA)° 5779 24750 23% 8630 24669 35% 7456 24378 31% 23835 29% 32% 7017 7595 23711 5564 23679 23% 11860 23659 50% 31% 7205 23611 6415 23469 27% 7905 23422 34% WORST SOMATIC BODYWORK 10 Sarasota School of Massage Therapy (FL)° 9 Harris School of Business-Wilmington (DE)° 8 Great Lakes Institute of Technology (PA)° 7 Cayce/Reilly School of Massage (VA) 6 Dr. Ida Rolf Institute (CO) 5 Headlines Academy Inc. (SD)° 4 College of Massage Therapy (ID)° 3 Hollywood Institute of Beauty Careers (FL)° 2 Chattanooga State Community College (TN)* 1 South Texas Voc. Technical Institute (TX)° 7876 15622 50% 15230 44% 59% 6635 8916 15125 6443 15053 43% 6610 14860 44% 14756 47% 7007 6109 14564 42% 14277 49% 7014 11038 13586 81% 5998 9735 62% BEST VEHICLE MAINT.-REPAIR 1 Wichita St. U.-Applied Science and Tech. (KS)* 2 Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics (PA) 3 Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Fremont (CA)° 4 Fox Valley Technical College (WI)* 5 Greenville Technical College (SC)* 6 Mohawk Valley Community College (NY)* 7 National Aviation Academy of New England (MA)° 8 Metro Technology Centers (OK)* 9 National Aviation Academy of Tampa Bay (FL)° 10 Chandler-Gilbert Community College (AZ)* 56 September/October 2022 12763 55711 23% 14511 51522 28% 20974 50396 42% 8365 49801 17% 11327 46323 24% 7534 46160 16% 17969 44824 40% 13443 44531 30% 20052 44132 45% 10488 43762 24% WORST VEHICLE MAINT.-REPAIR 10 Arkansas State University-Beebe (AR)* 9 National Park College (AR)* 8 Apex Technical School (NY)° 7 Grand Rapids Community College (MI)* 6 Philadelphia Technician Training Institute (PA) 5 Daytona State College (FL)* 4 Albany Technical College (GA)* 3 GateWay Community College (AZ)* 2 Lorain County Joint Voc. School District (OH)* 1 Mobile Technical Training (NJ)° 6069 25343 24% 11476 24236 47% 8073 24052 34% 5872 23727 25% 9237 22833 40% 7085 21472 33% 15120 20860 72% 3924 20689 19% 3026 20558 15% 3066 19469 16% Median debt of graduates Median annual earnings Total debt as a % of annual earnings Median debt of graduates Median annual earnings Total debt as a % of annual earnings