Medical assistant programs in Florida
Compare the 67 schools with a medical assistant program in Florida by accreditation, price and length.
- schools
- 67
- accredited10 CAAHEP programs, 11 ABHES schools
- 21
- typical career-school price, whole program
- $14,905
- typical public-college price, one year
- $2,944
| School | Certificate or degree, length | Accreditation | Price | Graduates2023-24 | Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 South Florida Institute of Technology | Certificateabout 12 months | Not accredited | $12,018 whole programwith books | 1,211 | Visit the school's site |
 Southern Technical College | Certificate1 to 2 years248 graduatesAssociate degreeabout 2 years91 graduates | Not accredited | $21,800 whole programfor its 96-credit program | 339 | Visit the school's site |
 FVI School of Nursing and Technology | Certificateabout 9 months | Not accredited | $18,376 whole programwith books | 294 | Visit the school's site |
 Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale | Associate degreeabout 2 years | Not accredited | $24,136 a yearfull-time | 287 | Visit the school's site |
| Certificate1 to 2 years150 graduatesAssociate degreeabout 2 years34 graduates | ABHES-accredited school | $14,969 a yearfull-time; same for each award | 184 | Request information | |
 Florida Education Institute | Certificateabout 11 months | Not accredited | $18,541 whole programwith books | 155 | Visit the school's site |
 ICR Florida Education | Certificateunder 1 year | Not accredited | Ask the school for the price | 135 | Visit the school's site |
| Certificateabout 8 months | ABHES-accredited school | $18,971 whole programwith books | 114 | Request information | |
Global Medical & Technical Training Institute | Certificateabout 8 months | Not accredited | $10,350 whole programwith books | 103 | Visit the school's site |
| Certificateabout 8 months | ABHES-accredited school | $18,355 whole programwith books | 91 | Request information | |
| Certificateabout 13 months | CAAHEP accredited | $4,703 whole programwith books | 84 | Request information | |
Florida International Training Institute | Certificateabout 15 months | Not accredited | $10,760 whole programwith books | 78 | School profile |
| Certificateabout 8 months | ABHES-accredited school | $18,689 whole programwith books | 61 | Request information | |
| Certificateabout 8 months | ABHES-accredited school | $18,738 whole programwith books | 59 | Request information | |
| Certificate1 to 2 years42 graduatesAssociate degreeabout 2 years15 graduatesonline classes, clinical hours in person | ABHES-accredited school | Ask the school for the price | 57 | Request information | |
 Southeastern College-West Palm Beach | Certificateunder 1 year51 graduatesAssociate degreeabout 2 years1 graduate | Not accredited | $23,584 a yearfull-time; same for each award | 52 | Visit the school's site |
| Certificate1 to 2 years | ABHES-accredited school | $14,767 a yearfull-time | 45 | Request information | |
| Certificate1 to 2 years | ABHES-accredited school | Ask the school for the price | 42 | Request information | |
Fortis Institute-Port Saint Lucie | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | $14,087 a yearfull-time | 42 | Visit the school's site |
 Rasmussen University-Florida | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | $15,485 a yearfull-time | 35 | Visit the school's site |
| Certificate1 to 2 years | ABHES-accredited school | $14,386 a yearfull-time | 31 | Request information | |
| Certificate1 to 2 years | CAAHEP accredited | Ask the school for the price | 25 | Request information | |
 Medical Institute of Palm Beach | Certificateabout 9 months | Not accredited | $15,300 whole program | 24 | Visit the school's site |
Orange Technical College-East Campus | Certificateabout 11 months | Not accredited | $5,391 whole programwith books | 24 | Visit the school's site |
 Daytona College | Certificateabout 10 months17 graduatesAssociate degreeabout 2 years6 graduatesonline classes, clinical hours in person | Not accredited | $14,905 whole programfor its 10-month program, with books | 23 | Visit the school's site |
Osceola Technical College | Certificateabout 11 months | Not accredited | $7,643 whole programwith books | 23 | Visit the school's site |
 Pensacola School of Massage Therapy & Health Careers | Certificateabout 8 months | Not accredited | $15,242 whole programwith books | 23 | School profile |
 Compu-Med Vocational Careers Corp | Certificate1 to 2 years21 graduatesAssociate degreeabout 2 years1 graduate | Not accredited | Ask the school for the price | 22 | Visit the school's site |
 Florida State College at Jacksonville | Certificate1 to 2 years19 graduatesAssociate degreeabout 2 years2 graduates | Not accredited | $2,657 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area; same for each award | 21 | Visit the school's site |
 HCI College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | $19,196 a yearfull-time | 21 | Visit the school's site |
 Miami Dade College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | $2,838 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area | 21 | Visit the school's site |
 Treasure Coast Technical College | Certificateabout 6 months | Not accredited | $4,059 whole programwith books | 21 | Visit the school's site |
 Eastern Florida State College | Certificate1 to 2 years15 graduatesAssociate degreeabout 2 years5 graduates | Not accredited | $2,791 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area; same for each award | 20 | Visit the school's site |
Fortis College-Cutler Bay | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | $13,171 a yearfull-time | 20 | Visit the school's site |
South Dade Technical College-South Dade Skills Center Campus | Certificateabout 13 months | Not accredited | $3,828 whole programwith books | 20 | Visit the school's site |
| Certificate1 to 2 years11 graduatesAssociate degreeabout 2 years7 graduates | CAAHEP accredited certificate | $3,050 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area; same for each award | 18 | Request information | |
 Cape Coral Technical College | Certificateabout 12 months | Not accredited | $6,131 whole programwith books | 18 | Visit the school's site |
| Certificate1 to 2 years | ABHES-accredited school | Ask the school for the price | 17 | Request information | |
| Certificate1 to 2 years | CAAHEP accredited | $2,764 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area | 16 | Request information | |
 Ridge Technical College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | $3,830 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area | 15 | School profile |
Robert Morgan Educational Center and Technical College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | Ask the school for the price | 15 | School profile |
 Lively Technical College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | Ask the school for the price | 14 | Visit the school's site |
| Certificate1 to 2 years | CAAHEP accredited | $3,106 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area | 12 | Request information | |
| Certificate1 to 2 years | CAAHEP accredited | Ask the school for the price | 12 | Request information | |
 Herzing University-Orlando | Certificate1 to 2 years7 graduatesAssociate degreeabout 2 years5 graduates | Not accredited | $13,420 a yearfull-time; same for each award | 12 | Visit the school's site |
| Certificate1 to 2 years9 graduatesAssociate degreeabout 2 years2 graduates | ABHES-accredited school | $14,250 a yearfull-time; same for each award | 11 | Request information | |
Sheridan Technical College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | Ask the school for the price | 10 | Visit the school's site |
| Certificate1 to 2 years | CAAHEP accredited | Ask the school for the price | 9 | Request information | |
 Fort Myers Technical College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | Ask the school for the price | 9 | Visit the school's site |
 Charlotte Technical College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | $3,100 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area | 8 | School profile |
 Gwinnett Institute | Certificateabout 9 months | Not accredited | $15,850 whole programwith books | 8 | Visit the school's site |
 Atlantic Technical College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | Ask the school for the price | 7 | Visit the school's site |
 Jose Maria Vargas University | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | $11,260 a yearfull-time | 7 | Visit the school's site |
Miami Lakes Educational Center and Technical College | Certificateabout 14 months | Not accredited | $5,686 whole programwith books | 7 | Visit the school's site |
 First Coast Technical College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | Ask the school for the price | 6 | Visit the school's site |
 Saint Johns River State College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | $2,830 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area | 6 | Visit the school's site |
| Certificate1 to 2 years | CAAHEP accredited | $2,348 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area | 5 | Request information | |
 New Professions Technical Institute | Certificateunder 1 yearonline classes, clinical hours in person | Not accredited | Ask the school for the price | 5 | Visit the school's site |
Withlacoochee Technical College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | Ask the school for the price | 5 | School profile |
 South Florida State College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | $3,165 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area | 4 | Visit the school's site |
D A Dorsey Technical College | Certificateabout 13 months | Not accredited | $3,628 whole programwith books | 2 | Visit the school's site |
 Meridian College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | $38,300 whole programwith books | 2 | Visit the school's site |
 Florida National University-Main Campus | Associate degreeabout 2 years | Not accredited | $16,088 a yearfull-time | 1 | Visit the school's site |
 Herzing University-Tampa | Associate degreeabout 2 years | Not accredited | $13,420 a yearfull-time | 1 | Visit the school's site |
 Pasco-Hernando State College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | $3,155 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area | 1 | Visit the school's site |
| Certificate | CAAHEP accredited | Ask the school for the price | – | Request information | |
 William T. McFatter Technical College | Certificate | CAAHEP accredited | Ask the school for the price | – | Request information |
- CAAHEP accredited
- 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.
- Price
- Tuition and fees for 2023-24, as each school reports them: for the whole program, or for one year of full-time classes. Each row says which.
- Graduates
- Students who finished between July 2023 and June 2024. Prices and graduates come from a yearly survey by the U.S. Department of Education.
- Listing
- No school pays to be listed or moved up. "Request information" appears on schools accredited by CAAHEP or ABHES; other schools link to their own site.
Florida at a glance
The graduate count covers every medical assistant certificate and degree that 65 schools in Florida awarded in the 2023-24 school year. The largest is South Florida Institute of Technology in Miami, which had 1,211 graduates. You can complete 3 of them online, with the clinical hours done in person.
Larger cities with a page of their own: Tampa (7), Orlando (8), Miami (25).
A licensed physician must directly supervise medical assistants in Florida, and there is no state license. To call yourself a 'certified medical assistant', you must be certified by a national or state medical association, by an NCCA-accredited program, or by a group the board approves. Florida beside five other states
What medical assistants earn in Florida · Accredited online programs