Health Careers

Medical Assistant Program

This program is designed to prepare you for a challenging career as an integral and valued professional member of a medical staff. As a Medical Assistant, you can play a role in the management and smooth operation of doctors' offices, clinics, hospitals or other medical facilities.

The steady increase in the number of group practices, clinics and other outpatient health care facilities helps to ensure the continuing demand for professional support personnel such as Medical Assistants.*

This exciting program is designed to provide students with the necessary education and training to acquire the administrative and basic clinical skills for entry-level Medical Assistant positions. Designed with an emphasis on practical learning, you will find that most schools offer both day and evening programs and include a full-time, unpaid clinical externship.

The program's classes are designed to prepare students for entry-level jobs that may involve:

  • Patient preparation and interaction
  • Basic laboratory procedures and tests
  • Communication with nurses and physicians as part of a medical team
  • Medical records management
  • Basic venipuncture, blood work, and patient positioning

A Medical Assistant career offers a variety of job opportunities in public health facilities, hospitals, laboratories, blood banks, medical schools, research institutions, nursing homes, and private practices. The expanded duties of a medical assistant vary from one facility to the next depending on the size and type of practice.

Program availability and/or degree offerings subject to change.

* Growth of Medical Assisting Occupations

Featured Schools

  • Mobile, AL

    Remington College - Mobile

    Medical Assisting
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  • Little Rock, AR

    Remington College - Little Rock

    Medical Assisting
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  • San Diego, CA

    Remington College - San Diego

    Medical Assisting
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  • Colorado Springs, CO

    Remington College - Colorado Springs

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  • Ft. Lauderdale, FL

    Sanford-Brown Institute - Ft. Lauderdale

    Medical Assistant
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  • Jacksonville, FL

    Sanford-Brown Institute - Jacksonville

    Medical Assistant
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  • Largo, FL

    Remington College - Largo

    Medical Assisting
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  • Tampa, FL

    Remington College - Tampa

    Medical Assisting
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  • Tampa, FL

    Sanford-Brown Institute - Tampa

    Medical Assistant
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  • Atlanta, GA

    Sanford-Brown Institute - Atlanta

    Medical Assistant
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  • Collinsville, IL

    Sanford-Brown College - Collinsville

    Medical Assistant
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  • Baton Rouge, LA

    Remington College - Baton Rouge

    Medical Assisting
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  • Lafayette, LA

    Remington College - Lafayette

    Medical Assisting
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  • Landover, MD

    Sanford-Brown Institute - Landover

    Medical Assistant
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  • Fenton, MO

    Sanford-Brown College - Fenton

    Medical Assistant
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  • Fenton, MO

    Sanford-Brown College - Fenton

    Medical Assistant
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  • Hazelwood, MO

    Sanford-Brown College - Hazelwood

    Medical Assistant
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  • St. Louis, MO

    Missouri College

    Medical Administrative Assistant
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  • St. Louis, MO

    Missouri College

    Medical Assistant
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  • St. Peters, MO

    Sanford-Brown College - St. Peters

    Medical Assistant
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  • Dover, NH

    McIntosh College

    Medical Assisting
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  • Iselin, NJ

    Sanford-Brown Institute - Iselin

    Medical Assistant
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  • Livingston, NJ

    Gibbs College - Livingston, NJ

    Medical Assisting
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  • Piscataway, NJ

    Katharine Gibbs School - Piscataway

    Medical Assistant
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  • Garden City, NY

    Sanford-Brown Institute - Garden City

    Medical Assistant
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  • New York City, NY

    Sanford-Brown Institute - New York

    Medical Assistant

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  • White Plains, NY

    Sanford-Brown Institute - White Plains

    Medical Assistant
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  • Cleveland, OH

    Remington College - Cleveland

    Medical Assisting
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  • Middleburg Heights, OH

    Sanford-Brown Institute - Cleveland

    Medical Assistant
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  • North Olmstead, OH

    Remington College - Cleveland West

    Medical Assisting
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  • Center Valley, PA

    Lehigh Valley College

    Medical Assisting
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  • Monroeville, PA

    Western School of Health and Business Careers - Monroeville

    Medical Assistant
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  • Monroeville, PA

    Western School of Health and Business Careers - Monroeville

    Medical Assistant Specialist
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  • Norristown, PA

    Katharine Gibbs School - Philadelphia

    Medical Assisting
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  • Pittsburgh, PA

    Western School of Health and Business Careers - Pittsburgh

    Medical Assistant
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  • Pittsburgh, PA

    Western School of Health and Business Careers - Pittsburgh

    Medical Assistant Specialist
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  • Trevose, PA

    Sanford-Brown Institute - Trevose

    Medical Assistant
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  • Cranston, RI

    Gibbs College - Cranston

    Medical Assisting
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  • Cranston, RI

    Gibbs College - Cranston

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  • Memphis, TN

    Remington College - Memphis

    Medical Assisting
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  • Nashville, TN

    Remington College - Nashville

    Medical Assisting
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  • Dallas, TX

    Sanford-Brown Institute - Dallas

    Medical Assistant
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  • Fort Worth, TX

    Remington College - Ft. Worth

    Medical Assisting
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  • Garland, TX

    Remington College - Dallas

    Medical Assisting
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  • Houston, TX

    Remington College - Houston

    Medical Assisting
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  • Houston, TX

    Remington College - North Houston

    Medical Assisting
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  • Houston, TX

    Sanford-Brown Institute - Houston

    Medical Assistant
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  • Houston, TX

    Sanford-Brown Institute - Northloop

    Medical Assistant
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  • Vienna, VA

    Gibbs College - Vienna

    Medical Assisting
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  • West Allis, WI

    Sanford-Brown College - Milwaukee

    Medical Assistant
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  • West Allis, WI

    Sanford-Brown College - Milwaukee

    Medical Assistant
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