Medical assistant programs in Denver
Compare the 10 campuses of 9 schools with a medical assistant program in the Denver area by accreditation, price and length.
- campusesof 9 schools
- 10
- accreditedCAAHEP or ABHES
- 4
- graduates2023-24
- 863
- whole program, career schoolsmedian of 4
- $17,671
- one year, public collegesmedian of 5
- $4,740
Medical assistant schools in the Denver area
Accredited schools first, largest first.
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National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA)
Classes online · Denver · 180 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $6,970 whole program
- Program
- Certificateabout 7 months
- Accreditation
- ABHES-accredited school
Pima Medical Institute-Denver
On campus · Denver · 178 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $18,025 whole program
- Program
- Certificateabout 9 months
- Accreditation
- ABHES-accredited school
Pima Medical Institute-Aurora
On campus · Aurora · 93 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $18,025 whole program
- Program
- Certificateabout 9 months
- Accreditation
- ABHES-accredited school
Red Rocks Community College
On campus · Lakewood · 23 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $4,707 per year
- Program
- Certificate · Associate degree12 to 24 months · about 2 years
- Accreditation
- CAAHEP-accredited certificate
Front Range Community College
On campus · Westminster · 149 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $4,740 per year
- Program
- Certificateup to 24 months or under 12 weeks
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
Concorde Career College-Aurora
On campus · Aurora · 140 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $17,316 whole program
- Program
- Certificateabout 8 months
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
Pickens Technical College
On campus · Aurora · 53 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $4,930 per year
- Program
- Certificateunder 12 months
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
Community College of Denver
On campus · Denver · 27 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $4,902 per year
- Program
- Certificate · Associate degree12 to 24 months · about 2 years
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
Emily Griffith Technical College
On campus · Denver · 13 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- Ask the school for the price
- Program
- Certificateunder 12 months
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
Arapahoe Community College
On campus · Littleton · 7 graduates in 2023-24
- Price
- $4,308 per year
- Program
- Certificateunder 12 months
- Accreditation
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
All 10 campuses in the Denver area side by side in one tablesort by price, length or graduates
| School | Certificate or degree, length | Accreditation | Price | Graduates2023-24 | Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Certificateabout 7 months | ABHES (school) | $6,970 whole program | 180 | Request information | |
| Certificateabout 9 months | ABHES (school) | $18,025 whole program | 178 | Request information | |
Front Range Community College | Certificateunder 12 weeksCertificateunder 12 monthsCertificate12 to 24 months | Not CAAHEP or ABHES | $4,740 per year, local studentsone year of classes, same for each award | 149 | Visit the school's site |
Concorde Career College-Aurora | Certificateabout 8 months | Not CAAHEP or ABHES | $17,316 whole program | 140 | Visit the school's site |
| Certificateabout 9 months | ABHES (school) | $18,025 whole program | 93 | Request information | |
Pickens Technical College | Certificateunder 12 months | Not CAAHEP or ABHES | $4,930 per year, local studentsyearly rate; the certificate takes under a year | 53 | Visit the school's site |
Community College of Denver | Certificate12 to 24 monthsAssociate degreeabout 2 years | Not CAAHEP or ABHES | $4,902 per year, local studentsone year of classes, same for each award | 27 | Visit the school's site |
| Certificate12 to 24 monthsAssociate degreeabout 2 years | CAAHEP (certificate) | $4,707 per year, local studentsone year of classes, same for each award | 23 | Request information | |
Emily Griffith Technical College | Certificateunder 12 months | Not CAAHEP or ABHES | Ask the school for the price | 13 | Visit the school's site |
Arapahoe Community College | Certificateunder 12 months | Not CAAHEP or ABHES | $4,308 per year, local studentsyearly rate; the certificate takes under a year | 7 | Visit the school's site |
"Request information" appears only on schools that CAAHEP or ABHES accredits and sends your request to that school; we may be paid for it. Other rows link to the school's own website. No school pays to be listed or moved up. Sources: IPEDS 2023-24 (prices and graduates) and the CAAHEP and ABHES directories.
How to read this list: accreditation, prices and graduates
- CAAHEP-accredited program
- CAAHEP has checked and approved the medical assisting program itself. People who finish it can take the CMA exam to become a Certified Medical Assistant.
- ABHES-accredited school
- ABHES approves the whole school. Before you count on the CMA exam, ask the school whether its medical assisting program is covered too.
- Not CAAHEP or ABHES
- Neither group lists the school for medical assisting; that is not a verdict on the school. The college itself can still be accredited by another agency. The CMA exam needs a CAAHEP or ABHES program; the RMA, CCMA and NCMA exams also accept other routes, such as work experience.
- Online classes
- Coursework is online; the clinical hours are always done in person, at a clinic or the school.
- Price
- Tuition and fees for 2023-24, with books and supplies when the school lists them, as each school reports them: for the whole program, or for one year of full-time classes (the rate for local students at public colleges). A yearly price is the same for each award the school lists.
- Graduates
- Students who finished between July 2023 and June 2024. Prices and graduates come from IPEDS, a yearly survey by the U.S. Department of Education.
The Denver area at a glance
The graduate count covers every medical assistant certificate and degree that 10 schools in the Denver area awarded in the 2023-24 school year. The largest is National Institute for Medical Assistant Advancement (NIMAA) in Denver, which had 180 graduates. You can complete one of them online, with the clinical hours done in person. The area is the city and its nearby towns, as the Census Bureau draws it for Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO.
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