North-West College-Riverside

Riverside, CA · Private for-profit · 680 students · Visit Website

North-West College-Riverside specializes in hands-on healthcare career training, offering certificate programs in fields like Vocational Nursing, Dental Assisting, Medical Assisting, and Surgical Technology. The college provides well-equipped classrooms and lab facilities to ensure practical skill development. They offer day and evening classes, with some courses available online, to accommodate working adults.

Programs Analyzed

5

Avg Grad Earnings

$34,588/yr

Avg TradeSchoolOutlook Score

56/100

All Programs at North-West College-Riverside

5 trade programs at North-West College-Riverside, ranked by TradeSchoolOutlook Score (combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size). Use the “compare” links to see how this school’s programs stack up against others nationally.

Program Score Earnings Debt 10yr ROI AI Risk Job Market
Practical Nursing
Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants
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68 $52,487/yr $18,482 Low Very Large
258 openings/yr
Health Administration
Health and Medical Administrative Services
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61 $30,352/yr $9,500 High Very Large
729 openings/yr
Allied Health Professions
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
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54 $38,666/yr $19,511 Moderate Very Large
124 openings/yr
Medical Assisting
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
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54 $28,420/yr $9,500 Moderate Very Large
252 openings/yr
Dental Assisting
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
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42 $23,018/yr $9,500 Moderate Large
99 openings/yr

Reading the table: Score combines earnings, ROI, AI resilience, and job market size on a 0–100 scale. Earnings = median first-year salary from College Scorecard. Debt = median federal debt at graduation (blank where Scorecard suppresses small samples). 10yr ROI = projected 10-year earnings ÷ in-state tuition. AI Risk reflects task-level AI exposure across mapped occupations. Job Market = annual openings nationwide for connected occupations.

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About This Data

TradeSchoolOutlook analyzes 5 trade and vocational programs at North-West College-Riverside using earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024–2034).

The TradeSchoolOutlook Score (0–100) combines graduate earnings, return on investment, AI resilience, and job market size. AI Risk reflects task-level exposure for the occupations each program feeds into. Job Market shows the size of the national hiring pool. Programs without published debt figures had small reporting samples that the College Scorecard suppresses for privacy.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections). Last updated 2026.