Medical Assistant Schools, Salaries & Other Career Info

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12 Best Medical Assistant Schools

These career schools and colleges offer established, reputable medical assisting programs to students across the country. They provide work-ready instruction in the subjects and practices needed for employment in the field of medical assisting, including both clinical and administrative skills.

Look through the programs to see which appeals to you. You can request more detailed program information about each school by clicking the school names. You can also use our school map to see which programs are located near you.

Brown Mackie College - Campus - Associate, Certificate, Diploma
Brown Mackie offers associate, certificate and diploma programs in medical assisting covering basic administrative and patient care skills, for employment in a private medical practice or other clinical setting. The programs are available to students in Ohio, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Florida, Arizona, Georgia, Missouri, Michigan, South Carolina, Illinois and Kansas.


Sanford Brown Institute - Campus - Associate, Diploma
The medical assisting program at Sanford-Brown covers subjects like medical law and ethics, medical communications, medical records, insurance, patient preparation, and basic laboratory procedures. The program is available to students in Georgia, Texas, Florida, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland.


Globe University - Campus - Associate
Globe's campuses, located in Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota, offer a medical assisting program that trains students in radiology, pharmacology, hematology, microbiology and patient care. The school also offers a medical administrative assistant program that teaches the front-office side of the profession.


Lincoln Technical Institute - Campus - Associate
This college teaches the profession of medical assisting using a simulated doctor's office classroom (DOC), where students learn to assist patients and doctors in a real-life clinical setting. Besides clinical skills, students also learn elements of the administrative side of the job. The program is available in Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.


Remington College - Campus - Associate, Diploma
Remington offers a clinical medical assisting associate degree program at their Honolulu campus, as well as general medical assisting diploma programs in Ohio, Louisiana, Colorado, South Carolina, Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida. Instruction covers clinical topics like patient care, laboratory procedures and therapeutic care, plus administrative skills like medical insurance and bookkeeping.


Virginia College - Campus - Associate, Diploma
Virginia College offers associate's and diploma programs in medical assisting, where students learn about examining room procedures, vital signs and medical histories, laboratory procedures, equipment and medications, as well as administrative skills. Programs are available in Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Texas and Tennessee.


Everest College - Campus - Associate
The medical assisting program at Everest covers patient care, pharmacology, medical insurance, bookkeeping, health sciences, cardiopulmonary procedures, laboratory procedures and endocrinology. It is available to students in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.


National College - Campus - Associate
National's associate degree in medical assisting covers medical terminology, hematology, serology, urinalysis, microbiology and pharmacology. It also includes training in computers, business skills and medical administration. The program is available to students in Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee Ohio and Indiana.


Heald College - Campus - Associate
Heald offers its medical assisting program in California, Oregon and Hawaii, where students train in clinical medical assisting duties such as including drawing blood, administering injections, removing sutures, and changing dressings. The program also covers administrative duties like managing patient records, handling insurance forms, scheduling appointments, and assisting with billing.


Kaplan College - Campus - Associate, Certificate, Diploma
Kaplan's associate, certificate and diploma programs provide instruction on clinical and administrative medical assistant duties such as taking vital signs, administering electrocardiograms and reception duties. Programs use hands-on training using real medical equipment, and graduates receive assistance with job placement from the school's career placement services. Programs are available in Indiana, Ohio, California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Wisconsin.


Harris School of Business - Campus - DDD
This career school trains medical assisting students in areas like medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, patient care procedures, pharmacology, medical office procedures, communication skills and computer skills. The program includes an externship and is available in New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania.


American Commercial College - Campus - Associate
This college, with locations in Texas and Louisiana, offers a medical assisting program that includes instruction on anatomy and physiology, basic laboratory techniques and clinical procedures related to patient care. The program also includes some medical coding, as well as a clinical externship where students gain real-world experience.