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Medical Assistant Programs in the Philadelphia area
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania)
Programs
16
5 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$45,890
medical assistants, BLS May 2025
Lowest listed cost
$4,500
of 8 with a cost, IPEDS
Medical Assistant Programs in the Philadelphia area at a glance
- Open to the public
- 16 programs: 16 at colleges and schools (IPEDS)
- Distance from Philadelphia
- 5 within 10 miles; nearest 1.4 miles, farthest 35.3 miles
- Listed program cost
- 8 of 16 list one: $4,500 to $21,825, middle $15,795 (IPEDS)
- Program length
- 8 colleges list a length: 2 months to 10 months (IPEDS)
- Length on the WIOA list
- 1 listed program gives weeks: 30 weeks full time
- Completions, 2023-24
- 508 medical assistant awards at the 14 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
- On the WIOA list
- 2 of 16 on Pennsylvania's or Delaware's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
- Pay here
- $45,890 median for medical assistants ($22.06 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $38,300 to $53,400; 13,150 employed in the metro area; Pennsylvania median $43,920 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
Medical assistant programs, nearest to Philadelphia first
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community College of Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 17 | 1.4 |
| Thomas Jefferson University | Philadelphia, PA | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 | 1.9 |
| Prism Career Institute-Cherry Hill | Cherry Hill, NJ | Certificate | $13,025 | 10 months | 14 | 5.7 |
| American Institute-Cherry Hill | Cherry Hill, NJ | Certificate | $19,495 | 10 months | 61 | 7.2 |
| Prism Career Institute-Philadelphia | Philadelphia, PA | Certificate | $13,050 | 10 months | 10 | 7.8 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Moorestown | Moorestown, NJ | Certificate | $21,825 | 9 months | 71 | 10.1 |
| Orleans Technical CollegeWIOA list | Philadelphia, PA | Certificate | $14,367 | 8 months | 7 | 10.7 |
| All-State Career School | Essington, PA | Certificate | $16,669 | 9 months | 57 | 11.3 |
| Delaware County Community College | Media, PA | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 17 | 13.2 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus | Sewell, NJ | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 11 | 13.3 |
| Montgomery County Community College | Blue Bell, PA | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 27 | 15.6 |
| ASI Career Institute | Turnersville, NJ | Certificate | $4,500 | 2 months | 114 | 15.9 |
| Burlington County Institute of Technology-Adult Education | Westampton, NJ | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 0 | 17.3 |
| Lansdale School of Business | North Wales, PA | Associate | Not reported | Not reported | 3 | 18.8 |
| Bucks County Community College | Newtown, PA | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 13 | 20.6 |
| Dawn Career Institute LLCWIOA list | Newark, DE | Certificate | $15,795 | 9 months | 86 | 35.3 |
- College programs, cost and completions: IPEDS complete data files, 2024-25 collection, read October 8, 2026.
- WIOA list: DOL TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171), read October 8, 2026.
- Pay: BLS OEWS, May 2025, Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, read October 8, 2026.
Paying for training
- WIOA in Pennsylvania: 1,470 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 7 of them Medical assistant.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill
Other Pennsylvania metro areas
- Pittsburgh area9 programs
- Allentown area5 programs
- Scranton area4 programs