Medical assistant programs in Philadelphia
Compare the 15 schools with a medical assistant program in the Philadelphia area by accreditation, price and length.
- schools
- 15
- accredited2 CAAHEP programs, 1 ABHES school
- 3
- typical career-school price, whole program
- $15,134
- typical public-college price, one year
- $4,984
| School | Certificate or degree, length | Accreditation | Price | Graduates2023-24 | Request |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ASI Career Institute | Certificateabout 2 months114 graduates | Not accredited | $5,000 whole programwith books | 114 | Visit the school's site |
 Dawn Career Institute LLC | Certificateabout 9 months | Not accredited | $16,317 whole programwith books | 86 | Visit the school's site |
 Lincoln Technical Institute-Moorestown | Certificateabout 9 months | Not accredited | $22,900 whole programwith books | 71 | Visit the school's site |
| Certificateabout 11 months | ABHES-accredited school | $19,495 whole program | 61 | Request information | |
All-State Career School | Certificateabout 9 months | Not accredited | $17,301 whole programwith books | 57 | Visit the school's site |
 Montgomery County Community College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | $6,270 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area | 27 | Visit the school's site |
| Certificate1 to 2 years4 graduatesCertificate2 to 4 years1 graduateAssociate degreeabout 2 years12 graduates | CAAHEP accredited certificate | $6,660 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area; same for each award | 17 | Request information | |
 Community College of Philadelphia | Certificateunder 1 year | Not accredited | $4,632 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area | 17 | Visit the school's site |
 Prism Career Institute-Cherry Hill | Certificateabout 6 months | Not accredited | $13,765 whole programwith books | 14 | Visit the school's site |
Bucks County Community College | Certificate1 to 2 years4 graduatesAssociate degreeabout 2 years9 graduates | Not accredited | $4,984 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area; same for each award | 13 | Visit the school's site |
 Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus | Certificateunder 1 year | Not accredited | $4,980 a yearfull-time, if you live in the college's area | 11 | Visit the school's site |
 Prism Career Institute-Philadelphia | Certificateabout 6 months | Not accredited | $13,765 whole programwith books | 10 | Visit the school's site |
 Orleans Technical College | Certificate1 to 2 years | Not accredited | $13,950 whole programwith books | 7 | Visit the school's site |
 Lansdale School of Business | Associate degreeabout 2 years | Not accredited | $11,850 a yearfull-time | 3 | Visit the school's site |
| Diploma | 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.
The Philadelphia area at a glance
The graduate count covers every medical assistant certificate and degree that 14 schools in the Philadelphia area awarded in the 2023-24 school year. The largest is ASI Career Institute in Turnersville, which had 114 graduates. The area is the city and its nearby towns, as the Census Bureau draws it for Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, which crosses a state line, so some schools are in a neighboring state.
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