Best Healthcare Trade Programs in 2026

500 programs ranked · Updated 2026

Top healthcare trade programs — nursing, dental hygiene, medical assisting — ranked by earnings, AI resilience, and ROI.

Programs Ranked
500
Avg Earnings
$72,757/yr
Avg TSW Score
85/100
#1 Program
Health Administration
Durham Technical Community College

Best Healthcare Trade Programs

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

# Program TSW Score Earnings AI-Proof ROI
1 Health Administration
Durham Technical Community College · Durham, NC
92
86–95
$70,267/yr Moderate 347.7x
2 Nursing
Contra Costa College · San Pablo, CA
92
85–92
$101,064/yr Moderate 514.9x
3 Nursing
Merced College · Merced, CA
92
85–92
$107,024/yr Moderate 478.7x
4 Nursing
Sacramento City College · Sacramento, CA
92
85–92
$100,622/yr Moderate 503.6x
5 Nursing
Santa Rosa Junior College · Santa Rosa, CA
92
85–92
$100,800/yr Moderate 499.0x
6 Nursing
Yuba College · Marysville, CA
92
85–92
$117,283/yr Moderate 587.7x
7 Nursing
American River College · Sacramento, CA
91
85–92
$98,951/yr Moderate 441.8x
8 Nursing
Antelope Valley Community College District · Lancaster, CA
91
85–92
$89,234/yr Moderate 465.0x
9 Nursing
Bakersfield College · Bakersfield, CA
91
85–92
$86,312/yr Moderate 314.7x
10 Nursing
Butte College · Oroville, CA
91
85–92
$104,268/yr Moderate 407.1x
11 Nursing
Cabrillo College · Aptos, CA
91
85–92
$91,090/yr Moderate 1067.5x
12 Nursing
College of the Canyons · Santa Clarita, CA
91
85–92
$97,457/yr Moderate 382.6x
13 Nursing
City College of San Francisco · San Francisco, CA
91
85–92
$100,031/yr Moderate 389.4x
14 Nursing
Columbia College · Sonora, CA
91
85–92
$103,727/yr Moderate 358.4x
15 Nursing
Cuesta College · San Luis Obispo, CA
91
85–92
$99,000/yr Moderate 362.0x
16 Nursing
College of the Desert · Palm Desert, CA
91
85–92
$91,848/yr Moderate 434.2x
17 Nursing
East Los Angeles College · Monterey Park, CA
91
85–92
$81,498/yr Moderate 407.1x
18 Nursing
Evergreen Valley College · San Jose, CA
91
85–92
$82,879/yr Moderate 400.4x
19 Nursing
Fresno City College · Fresno, CA
91
85–92
$91,961/yr Moderate 364.9x
20 Nursing
Golden West College · Huntington Beach, CA
91
85–92
$82,984/yr Moderate 390.6x
21 Nursing
Imperial Valley College · Imperial, CA
91
85–92
$77,226/yr Moderate 403.3x
22 Nursing
Los Angeles Harbor College · Wilmington, CA
91
85–92
$91,233/yr Moderate 414.6x
23 Nursing
Los Angeles City College · Los Angeles, CA
91
85–92
$83,699/yr Moderate 458.9x
24 Nursing
College of Marin · Kentfield, CA
91
85–92
$98,893/yr Moderate 316.4x
25 Nursing
Mendocino College · Ukiah, CA
91
85–92
$113,261/yr Moderate 397.0x
26 Nursing
Modesto Junior College · Modesto, CA
91
85–92
$99,339/yr Moderate 438.3x
27 Nursing
Moorpark College · Moorpark, CA
91
85–92
$105,599/yr Moderate 326.3x
28 Nursing
Mt San Antonio College · Walnut, CA
91
85–92
$92,486/yr Moderate 358.1x
29 Nursing
Mt San Jacinto Community College District · San Jacinto, CA
91
85–92
$92,087/yr Moderate 326.5x
30 Nursing
Pasadena City College · Pasadena, CA
91
85–92
$90,156/yr Moderate 427.1x
31 Nursing
Santa Ana College · Santa Ana, CA
91
85–92
$98,493/yr Moderate 382.5x
32 Nursing
College of the Redwoods · Eureka, CA
91
85–92
$98,703/yr Moderate 438.5x
33 Nursing
Rio Hondo College · Whittier, CA
91
85–92
$95,666/yr Moderate 390.7x
34 Nursing
Riverside City College · Riverside, CA
91
85–92
$89,869/yr Moderate 378.4x
35 Nursing
San Joaquin Delta College · Stockton, CA
91
85–92
$97,843/yr Moderate 378.8x
36 Nursing
Santa Barbara City College · Santa Barbara, CA
91
85–92
$101,955/yr Moderate 428.7x
37 Nursing
College of the Sequoias · Visalia, CA
91
85–92
$98,926/yr Moderate 344.3x
38 Nursing
Shasta College · Redding, CA
91
85–92
$99,544/yr Moderate 482.6x
39 Nursing
College of the Siskiyous · Weed, CA
91
85–92
$92,905/yr Moderate 308.7x
40 Nursing
Ventura College · Ventura, CA
91
85–92
$99,778/yr Moderate 354.9x
41 Nursing
Victor Valley College · Victorville, CA
91
85–92
$91,138/yr Moderate 375.4x
42 Nursing
Coalinga College · Coalinga, CA
91
85–92
$99,984/yr Moderate 395.5x
43 Nursing
Southeast New Mexico College · Carlsbad, NM
91
85–91
$78,510/yr Moderate 341.1x
44 Nursing
Lamar State College-Port Arthur · Port Arthur, TX
91
85–91
$78,580/yr Moderate 221.0x
45 Nursing
Lemoore College · Lemoore, CA
91
85–92
$99,992/yr Moderate 396.8x
46 Nursing
Glendale Community College · Glendale, AZ
90
84–90
$75,418/yr Moderate 177.5x
47 Nursing
GateWay Community College · Phoenix, AZ
90
84–90
$74,062/yr Moderate 173.8x
48 Nursing
Mesa Community College · Mesa, AZ
90
84–90
$73,639/yr Moderate 169.5x
49 Nursing
Mohave Community College · Kingman, AZ
90
84–90
$73,774/yr Moderate 178.5x
50 Nursing
University of Hawaii Maui College · Kahului, HI
90
84–90
$102,390/yr Moderate 162.0x

Methodology

Programs are ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100), combining graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and tuition ROI. Earnings data is from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.