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Medical Assistant Programs in the McAllen area
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX metro area
Programs
11
9 within 10 miles
Median pay here
$34,810
medical assistants, BLS May 2025
Lowest listed cost
$5,500
of 9 with a cost, DOL WIOA list and IPEDS
Medical Assistant Programs in the McAllen area at a glance
- Open to the public
- 11 programs: 8 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 3 known only from the WIOA list
- Distance from McAllen
- 9 within 10 miles; nearest 0.9 miles, farthest 11.5 miles
- Listed program cost
- 9 of 11 list one: $5,500 to $22,540, middle $16,495 (DOL WIOA list and IPEDS)
- Program length
- 6 colleges list a length: 7 months to 13 months (IPEDS)
- Completions, 2023-24
- 815 medical assistant awards at the 8 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
- On the WIOA list
- 8 of 11 on Texas's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025); middle 71% of exiters employed in the second quarter (4 report it); middle completion 65% (4 report it)
- Pay here
- $34,810 median for medical assistants ($16.74 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $27,240 to $41,480; 2,820 employed in the metro area; Texas median $39,520 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
Medical assistant programs, nearest to McAllen first
| Program | Where | Type | Program cost | Length | Completions | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Texas Training CenterWIOA list | Pharr | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 159 | 0.9 |
| International Culinary InstituteWIOA list | Pharr | WIOA list only | $5,500 | Not reported | 1.6 | |
| Internatonalculinary InstituteWIOA list | Pharr | WIOA list only | $5,500 | Not reported | 1.6 | |
| Southern Careers Institute-PharrWIOA list | Pharr | Certificate | $18,450 | 9 months | 161 | 2.0 |
| Rio Grande Valley College | Pharr | Certificate | $15,550 | 7 months | 64 | 2.9 |
| Inter-tech Technical SchoolWIOA list | Mcallen | WIOA list only | $9,995 | Not reported | 3.8 | |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-McAllen | McAllen | Certificate | $22,540 | 13 months | 94 | 4.3 |
| The College of Health Care Professions-McAllen Campus | McAllen | Certificate | $17,400 | 9 months | 189 | 4.8 |
| South Texas CollegeWIOA list | McAllen | Certificate | Not reported | Not reported | 55 | 5.3 |
| South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-WeslacoWIOA list | Weslaco | Certificate | $22,540 | 13 months | 84 | 10.3 |
| Valley Grande Institute for Academic StudiesWIOA list | Weslaco | Certificate | $16,495 | 10 months | 9 | 11.5 |
- 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, McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX, read October 8, 2026.
Paying for training
- WIOA in Texas: 5,743 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 147 of them Medical assistant.
- Pell Grants for short programs
- Workforce Pell
- GI Bill
Other Texas metro areas
- Dallas area22 programs
- Houston area15 programs
- San Antonio area12 programs
- Austin area5 programs
- Brownsville area4 programs
- El Paso area4 programs
- Corpus Christi area3 programs