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Medical Assistant Programs

Medical assistant programs in New Orleans

In the New Orleans area, 4 schools offer a medical assistant program, though none of them is approved by CAAHEP or ABHES.

schools
4
career school, whole program
$15,895
graduates in 2023-24
111

For 2023-24, this is the middle of the 3 published career-school prices.

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Medical assistant schools located in the New Orleans area

Schools cannot buy a listing or a higher position. The sources are IPEDS 2023-24 for prices and graduates, along with the CAAHEP and ABHES directories.

Accreditation, prices and graduates: how to read this list
CAAHEP-accredited program
The medical assisting program itself has been checked and approved by CAAHEP. Finish it, and you can take the CMA exam. It lets you become a Certified Medical Assistant.
ABHES-accredited school
The whole school is approved by ABHES. Before relying on the CMA exam, ask the school if its medical assisting program is covered too.
Not CAAHEP or ABHES
For medical assisting, neither group lists the school, and that isn't a verdict on the school. Another agency may still accredit the college itself. To qualify for the CMA exam, you need a CAAHEP or ABHES program. Other routes, including work experience, are also accepted for the RMA, CCMA and NCMA exams.
Price
Each school reports tuition and fees for 2023-24, plus books and supplies if listed. Figures cover the whole program or one year of full-time classes (the local student rate at public colleges). For every award the school lists, the yearly price stays the same.
Graduates
Students who finished from July 2023 through June 2024 are included. IPEDS provides the price and graduate figures. The Department of Education in the U.S. runs this survey each year.

A quick look at the New Orleans area

A medical assistant checks a patient in at a clinic front desk

Every medical assistant certificate and degree awarded in the 2023-24 school year by 4 schools in the New Orleans area is included in the graduate count. Because the CMA exam requires a program approved by CAAHEP or ABHES, an accredited online program is the route to that exam from the New Orleans area. Blue Cliff College-Metairie in Metairie is the largest, with 75 graduates. As the Census Bureau draws New Orleans-Metairie, LA, this area covers the city and its nearby towns.

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