Medical assistant programs in San Jose
Use accreditation, price and length to compare the 6 schools around San Jose that teach medical assisting.
- schools
- 6
- accredited
- 1
- public college, a year
- $1,490
- graduates in 2023-24
- 351
"Accredited" here means CAAHEP or ABHES. For 2023-24, the prices shown are the middle value of the 3 public-college prices published.
Schools for medical assistants around San Jose
Carrington College-San Jose
On campus · San Jose · 153 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $21,799 for the whole program
- Program
- Certificate about 9 months
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts
On campus · San Jose · 92 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- Ask the school for the price
- Program
- Certificate 1 to 2 years
- Accreditation
- ABHES approves the whole school
San Jose City College
On campus · San Jose · 69 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $1,366 for one year of classes
- Program
- Certificate or degree 1 to 2 years
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
De Anza College
On campus · Cupertino · 21 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $1,562 for one year of classes
- Program
- Certificate or degree up to 2 years
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
CET-San Jose
On campus · San Jose · 9 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $15,249 for the whole program
- Program
- Certificate about 8 months
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
West Valley College
On campus · Saratoga · 7 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $1,490 for one year of classes
- Program
- Certificate or degree 1 to 2 years
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
You will see "Request information" only on schools CAAHEP or ABHES accredits, and it sends your request there; we may get paid. Links in other rows go straight to the school website. No school pays to get listed or to move up. We used IPEDS 2023-24 (prices and graduates) along with directories from CAAHEP and ABHES.
Accreditation, prices and graduates: here is how to read this list.
- CAAHEP-accredited program
- The medical assisting program itself was checked and approved by CAAHEP. Anyone who finishes it can take the CMA exam and become a Certified Medical Assistant.
- ABHES-accredited school
- ABHES gives approval to the entire school. Ask the school if its medical assisting program is covered too before you count 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 may still accredit the college itself. A CAAHEP or ABHES program is required for the CMA exam, while the RMA, CCMA and NCMA exams also allow other paths like work experience.
- Price
- These are 2023-24 tuition and fees with books and supplies if the school lists them, reported as either the whole program cost or one year of full-time classes (the local rate at public colleges). Each award the school lists shares the same yearly price.
- Graduates
- These students finished between July 2023 and June 2024. The U.S. Department of Education runs IPEDS, a yearly survey that supplies these graduate counts and prices.
A quick look at the San Jose region
This count includes every medical assistant certificate and degree the 6 schools in the San Jose area gave out in the 2023-24 school year. Carrington College-San Jose in San Jose was the largest, with 153 graduates. The area covers the city and nearby towns, using the Census Bureau's San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA boundary.
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