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Medical Assistant Programs

Medical assistant programs in Chicago

Check accreditation, price and length across the 17 Chicago area schools that have medical assistant programs.

schools
17
accredited
10
career school, whole program
$17,320
public college, a year
$4,380
graduates in 2023-24
686

When we say accredited, we mean CAAHEP or ABHES. For 2023-24, career schools published 5 prices and public colleges 11; each price here is the middle one. 686 graduates in 2023-24.

Schools for medical assistants in the Chicago area

Accredited schools appear first, ranked by size from largest.

One table puts all 17 Chicago area schools side by side; sort by graduates, length or price.
Medical assistant programs in Chicago
SchoolCertificate or degree, lengthAccreditationPriceGraduates2023-24Request
Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park8317 W North Avenue, Melrose Park, Illinois
Certificateabout 9 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$22,788 whole program196Visit the school's site
First Institute of Travel, Inc.790 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois
Certificateabout 13 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$17,925 whole program127Visit the school's site
City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College1900 W Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IllinoisCMA exam results
Certificate12 to 24 monthsCAAHEP (program)$4,380 per year, local studentsone year of classes, not the whole program98Request information
Midwestern Career College203 N LaSalle, Chicago, Illinois
Certificateabout 15 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$17,320 whole program75Visit the school's site
William Rainey Harper College1200 W Algonquin Rd, Palatine, IllinoisCMA exam results
Certificate12 to 24 monthsCAAHEP (program)$3,822 per year, local studentsone year of classes, not the whole program28Request information
College of Lake County19351 W Washington St., Grayslake, IllinoisCMA exam results
Certificate12 to 24 monthsAssociate degreeabout 2 yearsCAAHEP (certificate)$4,494 per year, local studentsone year of classes, same for each award27Request information
State Career College3575 Grand Avenue Suite C - 1,2,3, Gurnee, Illinois
Certificateabout 11 monthsABHES (school)$16,250 whole program21Request information
Waubonsee Community CollegeRte 47 at Waubonsee Drive, Sugar Grove, IllinoisCMA exam results
Certificate12 to 24 monthsCAAHEP (program)$3,432 per year, local studentsone year of classes, not the whole program21Request information
College of DuPage425 Fawell Blvd., Glen Ellyn, IllinoisCMA exam results
Certificate12 to 24 monthsAssociate degreeabout 2 yearsCAAHEP (certificate)$4,320 per year, local studentsone year of classes, same for each award15Request information
Triton College2000 5th Ave, River Grove, IllinoisCMA exam results
Certificate12 to 24 monthsCAAHEP (program)$4,920 per year, local studentsone year of classes, not the whole program15Request information
Elgin Community College1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin, Illinois
Certificate12 to 24 monthsCAAHEP (program)$3,180 per year, local studentsone year of classes, not the whole program14Request information
Joliet Junior College1215 Houbolt Rd, Joliet, Illinois
Certificate12 to 24 monthsABHES (school)$4,530 per year, local studentsone year of classes, not the whole program14Request information
South Suburban College15800 South State Street, South Holland, Illinois
Certificate12 to 24 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$5,093 per year, local studentsone year of classes, not the whole program8Visit the school's site
Moraine Valley Community College9000 W. College Parkway, Palos Hills, IllinoisCMA exam results
Certificate12 to 24 monthsCAAHEP (program)$3,822 per year, local studentsone year of classes, not the whole program7Request information
Denmark College8101 Polo Club Dr, Merrillville, Indiana
Certificateabout 10 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$16,675 whole program7Visit the school's site
Kishwaukee College21193 Malta Rd, Malta, Illinois
Certificate12 to 24 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$4,980 per year, local studentsone year of classes, not the whole program7Visit the school's site
Stellar Career College205 W. Randolph Street, Suite 200, Chicago, Illinois
Certificateunder 12 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHESAsk the school for the price6Visit the school's site

You will see "Request information" only for schools with CAAHEP or ABHES accreditation; this sends your details to them, and we might get paid. Links in other rows go to each school's site. No school pays to get listed or move up. We used IPEDS 2023-24 for prices and graduates, plus directories from CAAHEP and ABHES.

What the list means: accreditation, prices and graduates
CAAHEP-accredited program
The medical assisting program itself is what CAAHEP has checked and approved. To become a Certified Medical Assistant, graduates can take the CMA exam.
ABHES-accredited school
ABHES approves the entire school. Before you plan on the CMA exam, check with the school that this approval also covers its medical assisting program.
Not CAAHEP or ABHES
You will not find the school on either list for medical assisting; that is no judgment on the school. Another agency may still accredit the college itself. You need a CAAHEP or ABHES program for the CMA exam, while the RMA, CCMA and NCMA exams allow other paths like work experience.
Price
For 2023-24, each school reports its own tuition and fees, plus books and supplies if it lists them. The figure covers the whole program or a year of full-time study (local-student rate at public colleges). Each award the school lists has the same yearly price.
Graduates
This counts students who completed their studies between July 2023 and June 2024. This list uses IPEDS, a yearly U.S. Department of Education survey, for prices and graduates.

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A quick look at the Chicago area

A medical assistant takes a patient's blood pressure at the start of a clinic visit

Graduate numbers include every certificate and degree in medical assisting that 17 Chicago area schools gave out during the 2023-24 school year. Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park in Melrose Park is the biggest with 196 graduates. As the Census Bureau draws Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN, the area includes the city and nearby towns; it crosses a state line, placing some schools in a neighboring state.

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