Medical Assistant Schools and Programs

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In the past years, a high demand for healthcare professionals was recorded in the medical milieu, seeing the great number of patients and people who are in dire need of treatment and medication. There are a lot of reasons for the rapid increase of medical patients; lifestyle, pollution, environmental hazards and the like. Whatever the reason may be, what’s certain is that these requisites result into the growth of schools and programs in the healthcare industry.

Moreover, a switch from healthcare professionals to a more specific need for medical assistants was highlighted in the recent years. This is because of the significant roles of medical assistants in the field of therapy treatments administration, patient care, conducting patient’s examination. Furthermore, medical assistants can even extend their services to insurance management and billing patient’s medical records.

In lieu with this present trend in the medical industry, a lot of medical assistant schools and programs were established geared towards providing quality and certified studies and trainings. Candidates undergo stringent standards to develop and imbibe professionalism and an integral expertise in medical assistance that would benefit hospitals, clinics, nursing home and other medical facilities.

In searching for the right medical assistant school, find the institution that could give and focus on medical training in a myriad of fields. Certified and reliable schools do not only offer programs which are accredited, accessible and affordable, there must also be a wide array of other programs for the student’s selection. More and more schools are offering online trainings for those who cannot attend the formal classroom settings.

Some of the important programs offered in most medical assistant schools are medical transcription, ultrasound and radiologic technology, healthcare administration, pharmacy, phlebotomy, insurance billing among others.

The opportunity of accessing medical assistant programs may not only include new people in pursuit of a career. Even experienced and certified healthcare professionals are trying to get a certificate and degree programs in specific and specialized areas. Either for career change or just enhancing your profession to a higher, wider perspective, going to medical assistant schools is your stepping stone.

To even further your career, additional credits are given to those who pass the exam for national certification of the American Association of Medical Assistants. To be a professional medical assistant with a credit in the said certification simply means more opportunities, a higher chance of promotion and job stability and security. To qualify to this privilege is to have a comprehensive background on first aid, laboratory techniques, insurance processing and many other related areas. Candidates must finish a medical assistant training program in accredited schools.

Indeed it is a fast changing world, and you just have to be competitive enough to keep up with the change especially in industries that give you greater opportunities to grow in personal and professional ways.

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Alabama

Tri-State Institute

Alaska

Charter College

Arizona

Lamson College

The Bryman School of Phoenix

Tucson College

Remington College

  • Campus Location: Little Rock
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assisting diploma. The Fort Worth campus also offers a Medical Assisting with XRAY diploma.
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American Career College

California College San Diego

Central Coast College

Empire College

Institute For Business And Technology

National Career Education

Platt College

UEI College

  • Campus Location: Chula Vista, El Monte, Huntington Park, Los Angeles, Ontario, San Bernardino, San Diego, and Van Nuys
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant diploma
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Western Career College

  • Campus Location: Antioch, Citrus Heights, Emeryville, Pleasant Hill, Sacramento, San Leandro, San Jose, and Stockton
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assisting certificate and associate degree
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Colorado

IntelliTec Medical Institute

Connecticut

Goodwin College

Delaware

Harris School of Business

Florida

ATI College of Health

Central Florida College

Florida Career College

Florida Career Institute

Everest Institute

Everest University

  • Campus Location: Brandon, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Largo, Melbourne, North Orlando, Orange Park, South Orlando, and Tampa
  • Healthcare Programs: Associate degree in Medical Assisting
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Florida Technical College

Fortis Medical Institute

Gulf Coast College

Keiser University

  • Campus Location: Daytona Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Kendall, Lakeland, Melbourne, Orlando, Pembroke Pines, Port St. Lucie, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach
  • Healthcare Programs:
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North Florida Institute

Southern Technical College

Southwest Florida College

Technical Career Institute

Georgia

Bauder College

Hawaii

Remington College

Idaho

Apollo College

Illinois

Coyne American Institute

First Institute

Fox College

Illinois School of Health Careers

Northwestern Business College

Robert Morris College

Indiana

Indiana Business College

  • Campus Location: Anderson, Columbus, Elkhart, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis, Lafayette, Muncie and Terre Haute
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant and Medical Assisting with Functional Spanish Associate degrees
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International Business College

Iowa

Kaplan University

Kansas

Brown Mackie College

Kentucky

Spencerian College

Sullivan University

Louisiana

Career Technical College

Maine

Andover College

New Hampshire

Seacoast Career Schools

Maryland

American Career Institute

Medix West

TESST College of Technology

Massachusetts

The Career Institute of American International College

Gibbs College

Salter College

The Salter School

Michigan

Baker College

  • Campus Location: Allen Park, Auburn Hills, Cadillac, Clinton Township, Flint, Jackson, Muskegon, Owosso, and Port Huron
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant certificate of associate degree
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Minnesota

Minneapolis Business College

Minnesota School of Business

Mississippi

Antonelli College

Missouri

Allied College

Missouri College

Nebraska

Academy of Healing Arts

Career College of Northern Nevada

Las Vegas College

New Hampshire

  • Campus Location: Manchester, Concord, Nashua, Portsmouth, and Salem
  • Healthcare Programs: Diploma or Associate degree: Medical Assistant
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New Jersey

Berdan Institute

Dover Business College

New Mexico

ATI Career Training Center

New York

The College of Westchester

Suburban Technical School

Wood Tobé-Coburn School

North Carolina

King's College

Ohio

Akron Institute

Bohecker College

Miami-Jacobs Career College

National Institute of Technology - Ohio

Ohio Institute of Photography and Technology

RETS College

Technology Education College

Oklahoma

Career Point College

Oregon

Pioneer Pacific College

Pennsylvania

Allied Medical and Technical Institute

Berks Technical Institute

CHI Institute

  • Campus Location: Broomall and Franklin Mills
  • Healthcare Programs: Associate degree in Medical Assisting, Medical Assistant diploma
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Keystone Technical Institute

McCann School of Business and Technology

Pennsylvania Institute of Technology

Pittsburgh Technical Institute

Thompson Institute

Tri-State Business Institute

YTI Career Institute

Rhode Island

New England Institute of Technology

South Carolina

Medical Careers Institute

South Dakota

Colorado Technical University

Tennessee

High-Tech Institute

Texas

Career Point College

Career Centers of Texas

Hallmark College

South Texas Vocational Technical Institute

Westwood College

Utah

Utah Career College

Vista College

Virginia

Everest College

  • Campus Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, Arlington, Chesapeake, Newport News and Tyson's Corner
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assisting diploma or associate degree
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West Virginia

Everest Institute

Wisconsin

Globe University

Wyoming

CollegeAmerica

Online Schools

Herzing University

Kaplan University

Keiser University eCampus Online

US Career Institute

Schools with Locations in Multiple States

Anthem Institute

  • Campus Location: Cherry Hill, Jersey City, North Brunswick and Parsippany, New Jersey, New York City, New York, and Springfield, Pennsylvania
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant Diploma
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Antonelli College

Apollo College

  • Campus Location: Mesa, Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Boise, Idaho; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon and Spokane, Washington
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assisting
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Argosy University

  • Campus Location: Phoenix, Arizona; Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego and San Francisco Bay Area, California; Washington, DC; Denver, Colorado; Sarasota and Tampa, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Hawaii; Chicago and Schaumburg, Illinois; Twin Cities, Minnesota; Nashville, Tennessee; Dallas, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah and Seattle, Washington (Programs may vary by location)
  • Healthcare Programs: Associate of Applied Science degree in Medical Assisting
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ATI Career Training Center

  • Campus Location: Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Dallas, North Richland Hills, Richardson, Stemmons and Waco,Texas
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assisting diploma
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Blue Cliff College

  • Campus Location: Alexandria, Houma, Metairie, and Shreveport, Louisiana; Gulfport, Mississippi
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant diploma
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Bradford School

  • Campus Location: Columbus Ohio and Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
  • Healthcare Programs: Associate of Applied Business degree in Medical Assisting
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Branford Hall Career Institute

Brown Mackie College

  • Campus Location: Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, Miami, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Boise, Idaho; Moline, Illinois; Ft. Wayne, Indianapolis, Merrillville, Michigan City and South Bend, Indiana; Kansas City and Salina, Kansas; Fort Mitchell, Hopkinsville and Louisville, Kentucky; Akron, Cincinnati, Findlay and Canton, Ohio; and Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant certificate or diploma; Medical Assisting associate degree
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Cambridge College

CDM Institute

  • Campus Location: Jersey City, Vineland, Marlton, Wayne, and Woodbridge, NJ; Allentown Pennsylvania
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant
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CollegeAmerica

  • Campus Location: Flagstaff and Phoenix, Arizona; Colorado Springs, Denver, and Fort Collins, Colorado; Cheyenne, Wyoming
  • Healthcare Programs: Associate degree in Medical Specialties
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Colorado Technical University

Computer Career Center

  • Campus Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico and Amarillo, El Paso and Lubbock, Texas
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant diploma or Medical Assisting associate degree
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Everest College

  • Campus Location: Mesa and Phoenix, Arizona; Alhambra, Anaheim, City of Industry, Gardena, Hayward, Ontario, Reseda, San Bernardino, San Francisco, San Jose North, West Los Angeles, and Wilshire, California; Aurora and Colorado Springs, Colorado; Burr Ridge, Chicago, Merrionette Park, North Aurora, and Skokie, Illinois; Merrillville, Indiana; Springfield and St. Louis, Missouri, Portland, Oregon, Arlington, Dallas and Ft. Worth, Texas; Salt Lake City, Utah, Arlington, Chesapeake, Newport News and Tyson's Corner, Virginia; Bremerton, Everett, Renton and Tacoma, Washington
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assisting diploma or associate degree
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Everest Institute

  • Campus Location: Decatur, Jonesboro, Marietta and Norcross, Georgia; Silver Spring, Maryland; Brighton and Chelsea, Massachusetts; Dearborn, Detroit, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, and Southfield, Michigan; Eagan, Minnesota; South Plainfield, New Jersey; Rochester, New York; Columbus, Ohio; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Austin, Houston, and San Antonio, Texas; and Cross Lanes, West Virginia
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant diploma or associate degree
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Fortis College

  • Campus Location: Dothan, Foley, Mobille and Montgomery, Alabama, Phoenix, Arizona, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Richmond and Norfolk, Virginia
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assisting diploma
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Globe University

  • Campus Location: Woodbury, Minnesota, Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Eau Claire, Wisconsin
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assisting diploma and associate degree
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Harris School of Business

  • Campus Location: Wilmington, Delaware; Cherry Hill, Linwood, Stratford and Hamilton (Trenton), New Jersey; Dover, Pennsylvania
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant or Professional Medical Assistant
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Heald College

  • Campus Location: Concord, Fresno, Hayward, Rancho Cordova, Roseville, Salinas, San Francisco, San Jose, and Stockton California; Honolulu, Hawaii; and Portland, Oregon
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assisting associate degree program
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Herzing University

  • Campus Location: Birmingham, Alabama; Orlando, Florida; Minneapolis, Minnesota; New Orleans, Louisiana, Toledo, Ohio and Madison, Wisconsin
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assisting Diploma or Associate degree
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High-Tech Institute

  • Campus Location: Phoenix, Arizona, Sacramento, California, Orlando, Florida, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Kansas City, Missouri, Las Vegas, Nevada, Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee, Dallas, Texas, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assisting Diploma or Associate degree
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High-Tech Institute

  • Campus Location: Phoenix, Arizona, Sacramento, California, Orlando, Florida, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Kansas City, Missouri, Las Vegas, Nevada, Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee, Dallas, Texas, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant Diploma
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IIA College

  • Campus Location: Mesa, Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona and Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant diploma
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Kaplan Career Institute

  • Campus Location: Bakersfield, Clovis, North Hollywood, Palm Springs, Panorama City, Riverside, Sacramento, Salida, San Diego, Stockton and Vista, California; Denver, Colorado; Frederick and Hagerstown, Maryland and Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant certificate or associate degree; Medical Assistant Clinical/Clerical diploma
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Lincoln College of Technology

Lincoln Tech

  • Campus Location: New Britain and Shelton, Connecticut; Brockton, Lowell and Somerville Massachusetts; Allentown, Center City & Northeast Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Edison, Mt. Laurel, and Paramus, New Jersey; and Lincoln, Rhode Island
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant diploma or Medical Assisting certificate
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Medical Careers Institute

  • Campus Location: Charlotte, Concord and Raleigh, North Carolina; Charleston, Columbia and Greenville, South Carolina; Manassas, Newport News, Richmond (West End and South Side) Roanoke, and Virginia Beach, Virginia
  • Healthcare Programs: Associate degree in Medical Assisting.
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Milan Institute

  • Campus Location: Clovis, Indio and Visalia, California; Boise and Nampa, Idaho; Sparks, Nevada and Amarillo, Texas
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assisting diploma
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Medix

  • Campus Location: Smyrna, Georgia; Landover and Towson, Maryland
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant
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Miller-Motte Technical College

  • Campus Location: Cary, Greenville, Raleigh and Wilmington, North Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, Chattanooga and Clarksville, Tennessee, and Lynchburg, Virginia
  • Healthcare Programs: Associate degree in Medical Assisting
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National American University

  • Campus Location: Colorado Springs and Denver, Colorado; Overland Park, Kansas; Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, and Roseville, Minnesota; Independence and Kansas City, Missouri; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Sioux Falls, South Dakota
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assisting Associate degree
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National College

  • Campus Location: Indianapolis, Indiana; Danville, Florence, Lexington, Louisville, Pikeville and Richmond, Kentucky; Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton, Stow and Youngstown, Ohio; Bartlett, Bristol, Knoxville, Madison, Memphis, and Nashville, Tennessee; Bluefield, Charlottesville, Danville, Harrisonburg, Lynchburg, Martinsville, and Roanoke, Virginia
  • Healthcare Programs: Associate of Science degree in Medical Assisting.
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Rasmussen College

  • Campus Location: Ft. Myers, Ocala and Pasco County, Florida; Brooklyn Park, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Mankato, Lake Elmo and St. Cloud, Minnesota; Green Bay, Wisconsin
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant Associate degree and Medical Assisting diploma
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Remington College

  • Campus Location: Mobile, Alabama; Little Rock, Arkansas; Colorado Springs, Colorado; Tampa, Florida; Baton Rouge, Lafayette, and Shreveport Louisiana; Cleveland and North Olmstead, Ohio; Dallas, Fort Worth, and Houston, Southeast Houston and North Houston Texas; Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assisting diploma. The Fort Worth campus also offers a Medical Assisting with XRAY diploma.
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Sanford-Brown College

  • Campus Location: Collinsville, Illinois, Cleveland, Ohio, Vienna, Virginia, and Fenton, Hazelwood, and St. Peters, Missouri
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant Diploma or Associate degree
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Sanford-Brown Institute

Seacoast Career Schools

South University

South University

  • Campus Location: Columbia, South Carolina, Montgomery, Alabama, Savannah, Georgia, and West Palm Beach Florida
  • Healthcare Programs: Associate degree in Medical Assisting
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Southwestern College ®

Stevens-Henager College

Vatterott College

  • Campus Location: Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Tennessee
  • Healthcare Programs: Medical Assistant diploma; Associate of Occupational Studies: Medical Assistant Technology, Advanced Medical Assistant, or Medical Assistant Specialist
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