Medical assistant programs in Sacramento
Look at accreditation, price and length to compare the 8 schools in the Sacramento area offering a medical assistant program.
- schools
- 8
- accredited
- 2
- career school, whole program
- $19,900
- graduates in 2023-24
- 724
Here, accredited means approved by CAAHEP or ABHES. The price shown is the one in the middle when the 3 career-school prices made public for 2023-24 are ranked.
Sacramento area medical assistant schools
You see accredited schools first, ordered from largest to smallest.
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Sacramento Ultrasound Institute
On campus · Sacramento · 15 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- Ask the school for the price
- Program
- Certificate 1 to 2 years
- Accreditation
- ABHES approves the whole school
Medical Career College of Northern California
On campus · Roseville · 4 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $19,576 for one year of classes
- Program
- Certificate 1 to 2 years
- Accreditation
- ABHES approves the whole school
Carrington College-Sacramento
On campus · Sacramento · 278 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $21,799 for the whole program
- Program
- Certificate about 9 months
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
UEI College-Sacramento
On campus · Sacramento · 229 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $19,900 for the whole program
- Program
- Certificate about 9 months
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
MTI College
On campus · Sacramento · 143 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $16,569 for the whole program
- Program
- Certificate about 8 months
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
Cosumnes River College
On campus · Sacramento · 34 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- Ask the school for the price
- Program
- Certificate or degree 1 to 2 years
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
Sierra College
On campus · Rocklin · 12 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $1,156 for one year of classes
- Program
- Certificate under 12 months
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
Charles A Jones Career and Education Center
On campus · Sacramento · 9 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- Ask the school for the price
- Program
- Certificate 1 to 2 years
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
Sort by price, length or graduates in one table listing all 8 Sacramento area schools.
| School | Certificate or degree, length | Accreditation | Price | Graduates2023-24 | Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificateabout 9 months | Not CAAHEP or ABHES | $21,799 whole program | 278 | Visit the school's site | |
| Certificateabout 9 months | Not CAAHEP or ABHES | $19,900 whole program | 229 | Visit the school's site | |
| Certificateabout 8 months | Not CAAHEP or ABHES | $16,569 whole program | 143 | Visit the school's site | |
| Certificate12 to 24 monthsAssociate degreeabout 2 years | Not CAAHEP or ABHES | Ask the school for the price | 34 | Visit the school's site | |
| Certificate12 to 24 months | ABHES (school) | Ask the school for the price | 15 | Request information | |
| Certificateunder 12 months | Not CAAHEP or ABHES | $1,156 per year, local studentsyearly rate; the certificate takes under a year | 12 | Visit the school's site | |
| Certificate12 to 24 months | Not CAAHEP or ABHES | Ask the school for the price | 9 | School profile | |
| Certificate12 to 24 months | ABHES (school) | $19,576 per yearone year of classes, not the whole program | 4 | Request information |
Only schools accredited by CAAHEP or ABHES show "Request information", which sends your request to them; we may get paid. The other rows direct you to each school's own site. Not one school pays to be listed or ranked higher. Data comes from IPEDS 2023-24 (prices and graduates) plus directories from CAAHEP and ABHES.
Reading this list: accreditation, prices and graduate counts
- CAAHEP-accredited program
- The medical assisting program itself has been checked and approved by CAAHEP. If you finish it, you can take the CMA exam and become a Certified Medical Assistant.
- ABHES-accredited school
- ABHES approves the entire school. Ask the school if its medical assisting program is covered too before relying on the CMA exam.
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
- Neither group lists this school for medical assisting, and that is no judgment of the school. Another agency can still accredit the college itself. The CMA exam requires a CAAHEP or ABHES program, but RMA, CCMA and NCMA exams also allow other routes such as work experience.
- Price
- For 2023-24, this is the tuition and fees each school reports. It covers the whole program or one year of full-time classes, and books and supplies are included when a school lists them. Public colleges show the rate for local students. Each award the school lists has the same yearly price.
- Graduates
- These students completed their studies between July 2023 and June 2024. IPEDS, a yearly U.S. Department of Education survey, provides the prices and graduate counts.
A quick look at the Sacramento area
Every medical assistant certificate and degree awarded by 8 Sacramento area schools in the 2023-24 school year is included in the graduate count. Carrington College-Sacramento in Sacramento is the largest, with 278 graduates. For Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA, the Census Bureau defines the area as the city and surrounding towns.
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