10-yr median earnings
$29,972
Federal aid recipients only
Private For-Profit · Glendale, California
American Medical Sciences Center is a private for-profit institution in Glendale, California. as a private for-profit, published Scorecard outcomes are Title-IV-recipient medians — program mix and repayment risk deserve a closer look than a single headline number.
The verdict
American Medical Sciences Center posts modest former-student earnings.
According to the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard.
Institution data retrieved July 2026; field-of-study data retrieved March 2026.
Figures above come from IPEDS institution records published through the College Scorecard (retrieved July 2026 for institution fields; March 2026 for field-of-study). Peer groups and cost cohorts follow IPEDS ownership sector, Carnegie class ("Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions"), and locale, not an editorial shortlist.
Average net price subtracts grant and scholarship aid from cost of attendance for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV recipients. It is a defined cohort average, not a personalized price; income-band fields add context but do not replace the school's current net-price calculator.
Earnings use Treasury-linked records for federally aided former students who were working and not enrolled in the measurement year (completers and noncompleters). IPEDS completion and retention use separate first-time, full-time cohorts, so those denominators are not the earnings cohort. Read cost, completion, and earnings as distinct historical measures, not a causal verdict or individual forecast.
A 6-metric composite of earnings, cost, and completion outcomes benchmarked against every reporting US college, not a ranking of teaching quality, campus life, or fit for any individual student. See the full methodology.
Each axis is the percentile score shown in the breakdown at left; the shape shows this school's overall profile at a glance.
10-yr median earnings
$29,972
Federal aid recipients only
Avg net price
$21,629
After grants and scholarships
150%-time completion
72.7%
Full-time, first-time cohort
Four-year-institution cohort
Each dot is a college plotted by 10-year median earnings (x-axis) vs average net price (y-axis), colored by completion within 150% of normal time. Bottom-right = high earnings/lower price; top-left = lower earnings/higher price.
Where this school's former-student earnings fall within the full national distribution of every US college that reports to the College Scorecard, not just its peer set.
American Medical Sciences Center: former-student earnings vs. every US college
10-year median earnings, College Scorecard
$29,972 20th percentile higher than 20% of 5,103 US colleges
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more US colleges. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard · Mar–Jul 2026 retrievals
| Metric | American Medical Sciences Center | National rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $29,972 | #4098 of 5103 | 20th |
| Average net price | $21,629 | #3381 of 5020 | 33rd (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 72.7% | #1194 of 4858 | 75th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 365 | #3119 of 5462 | 43rd |
National ranks count every operating US college reporting each metric to the College Scorecard, separate from the earnings histogram above.
State rank among 493 reporting California colleges with College Scorecard data, a separate lens from the national distribution above.
| Metric | American Medical Sciences Center | State rank | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-yr median earnings | $29,972 | #421 of 493 | 15th |
| Average net price | $21,629 | #265 of 495 | 46th (lower is better) |
| 150%-time completion | 72.7% | #146 of 483 | 70th |
| Undergraduate enrollment | 365 | #304 of 553 | 45th |
| # | School | 10-yr earnings | Net price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Samuel Merritt University | $143,238 | - |
| 2 | Harvey Mudd College | $138,687 | $35,924 |
| 3 | California Institute of Technology | $128,566 | $16,075 |
| 4 | Stanford University | $124,080 | $13,807 |
| 5 | Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health | $115,318 | - |
| 6 | Gnomon | $114,785 | $51,949 |
| 7 | Santa Clara University | $109,183 | $50,062 |
| 8 | Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University | $109,183 | - |
| 9 | Touro University California | $104,805 | - |
| 10 | Claremont McKenna College | $104,736 | $28,849 |
| 11 | West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County | $102,672 | $32,879 |
| 12 | West Coast University-Ontario | $102,672 | $49,590 |
| 421 | American Medical Sciences CenterThis school | $29,972 | $21,629 |
Average annual net price after grants; Title IV recipient cohort by income bracket
$0 – $30k
$20,202 net price / yr
$30k – $48k
$20,331 net price / yr
$48k – $75k
$22,487 net price / yr
$110k+
$25,996 net price / yr
What this shows Need-based aid pulls net price down at lower brackets at American Medical Sciences Center - compare the bar for your income band, not the overall average alone.
| Average Net Price | $21,629 |
Across 10 reported years between 2013 and 2023, the average net price here has ranged from $13,802 to $32,393 without settling into a rise or a fall. Comparing only the first and last years would read as +30.4%, but the years in between do not follow that line, so the honest summary is the range rather than a trend. Budget against the upper end, not the average.
10 reported years (years the source did not report are left as gaps). Nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation.
Over the same years, enrollment went +159.7% (77 → 200 students).
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, per-year fields (2013–2023). Net price is the average cost after grant and scholarship aid for federally-aided undergraduates.
| Measure | Cohort / horizon | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Completion within 150% of normal time | First-time, full-time | 72.7% |
| First-year retention | First-time, full-time freshmen | 100.0% |
| Median earnings | 6 years after entry | $36,193 |
| Median earnings | 10 years after entry | $29,972 |
| Credential | Programs | Award count | Avg earnings | Top earnings | Avg debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificate | 2 | 0 | $34,387 | $34,387 | $16,092 |
| Associate's | 1 | 11 | $48,866 | $48,866 | - |
| Program | Credential | Completers | Median Earnings | Median Debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Associate's | 11 | $48,866 | - |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants | Certificate | - | $34,387 | $16,092 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Certificate | - | - | - |
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Where to go next from American Medical Sciences Center
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