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Medical Assistant Programs

Medical assistant programs in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia area has 15 campuses of 14 schools with medical assistant programs. Compare them on price, length and accreditation.

campuses of 14 schools
15
accredited
3
career school, whole program
$15,134
public college, a year
$4,984
graduates in 2023-24
508

When we say accredited, we mean CAAHEP or ABHES. We took the middle of the prices published for 2023-24 from the 8 career schools and 5 public colleges. 508 graduates in 2023-24.

Philadelphia-area medical assistant schools

Accredited schools appear first, starting with the largest.

Sort by graduates, length or price in a single table showing all 15 campuses in the Philadelphia area together.
Medical assistant programs in Philadelphia
SchoolCertificate or degree, lengthAccreditationPriceGraduates2023-24Request
ASI Career Institute5360 Black Horse Pike Suite 6, Turnersville, New Jersey
Certificateabout 2 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$5,000 whole program114Visit the school's site
Dawn Career Institute LLC252 Chapman Road, Suite 100, Newark, Delaware
Certificateabout 9 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$16,317 whole program86Visit the school's site
Lincoln Technical Institute-Moorestown308 Route 38 W, Moorestown, New Jersey
Certificateabout 9 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$22,900 whole program71Visit the school's site
American Institute-Cherry Hill2201 Route 38 8th Floor, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Certificateabout 11 monthsABHES (school)$19,495 whole program61Request information
All-State Career School50 West Powhattan Avenue, Essington, Pennsylvania
Certificateabout 9 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$17,301 whole program57Visit the school's site
Montgomery County Community College340 Dekalb Pike, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Certificate12 to 24 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$6,270 per year, local studentsone year of classes, not the whole program27Visit the school's site
Delaware County Community College901 S Media Line Rd, Media, PennsylvaniaCMA exam results
Certificate12 to 24 monthsCertificate2 to 4 yearsAssociate degreeabout 2 yearsCAAHEP (certificate)$6,660 per year, local studentsone year of classes, same for each award17Request information
Community College of Philadelphia1700 Spring Garden St, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Certificateunder 12 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$4,632 per year, local studentsyearly rate; the certificate takes under a year17Visit the school's site
Prism Career Institute-Cherry Hill3 Executive Campus Rt 70, Suite 280, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Certificateabout 6 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$13,765 whole program14Visit the school's site
Bucks County Community College275 Swamp Rd, Newtown, Pennsylvania
Certificate12 to 24 monthsAssociate degreeabout 2 yearsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$4,984 per year, local studentsone year of classes, same for each award13Visit the school's site
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus1400 Tanyard Road, Sewell, New Jersey
Certificateunder 12 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$4,980 per year, local studentsyearly rate; the certificate takes under a year11Visit the school's site
Prism Career Institute-Philadelphia8040 Roosevelt Boulevard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Certificateabout 6 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$13,765 whole program10Visit the school's site
Orleans Technical College2770 Red Lion Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Certificate12 to 24 monthsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$13,950 whole program7Visit the school's site
Lansdale School of Business290 Wissahickon Avenue, North Wales, Pennsylvania
Associate degreeabout 2 yearsNot CAAHEP or ABHES$11,850 per yearone year of classes, not the whole program3Visit the school's site
Delaware Technical Community College-WilmingtonWilmington, Delaware
DiplomaCAAHEP (program)Ask the school for the price–Request information

"Request information" shows up only for schools CAAHEP or ABHES accredits. It sends your request to that school, and we may get paid. The other rows link to the school website. No school pays to appear here or move up. We used IPEDS 2023-24 for prices and graduates, plus directories from CAAHEP and ABHES.

Understanding this list: graduates, prices and accreditation.
CAAHEP-accredited program
The medical assisting program itself was checked and approved by CAAHEP. Once you finish it, you can take the CMA exam, which is how you become a Certified Medical Assistant.
ABHES-accredited school
ABHES gives approval to the entire school. Before you rely on the CMA exam, ask the school if its medical assisting program is covered too.
Not CAAHEP or ABHES
The school appears on neither list for medical assisting, but that outcome is not a verdict on the school. Another agency might still accredit the college itself. You need a CAAHEP or ABHES program for the CMA exam, while the RMA, CCMA and NCMA exams also allow other paths like work experience.
Price
These are tuition and fees for 2023-24, including books and supplies if the school lists them, reported as either the whole program cost or one year of full-time classes (the local student rate at public colleges). For each award the school lists, the yearly price stays the same.
Graduates
These are students who completed their program between July 2023 and June 2024. The U.S. Department of Education runs a yearly survey called IPEDS, which provides the prices and graduate counts.

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A quick look at the Philadelphia area

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

Every medical assistant degree and certificate awarded by 14 schools in the Philadelphia area during the 2023-24 school year is in this count. ASI Career Institute in Turnersville is the largest, with 114 graduates. For Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, the Census Bureau draws the area to include the city and nearby towns, which crosses a state line and puts some schools in a neighboring state.

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