Medical Billing and Coding Programs in the Bakersfield area

Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area

Programs

4 within 10 miles

Median pay here

$55,270

medical records specialists, BLS May 2025

Lowest listed cost

$5,000

of 1 with a cost, DOL WIOA list

Medical Billing and Coding Programs in the Bakersfield area at a glance

Open to the public: 4 programs: 3 at colleges and schools (IPEDS), 1 known only from the WIOA list
Distance from Bakersfield: 4 within 10 miles; nearest 0.2 miles, farthest 3.4 miles
Listed program cost: 1 of 4 list one: $5,000 (DOL WIOA list)
Length on the WIOA list: 1 listed program gives weeks: 20 weeks full time
Completions, 2023-24: 66 billing and coding awards at the 3 colleges that reported any (IPEDS)
On the WIOA list: 1 of 4 on California's eligible training list (DOL file, June 30, 2025)
Pay here: $55,270 median for medical records specialists ($26.57 an hour); 10th to 90th percentile $41,480 to $75,460; 310 employed in the metro area; California median $61,810 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)

Program	Where	Type	Program cost	Completions	Miles
Zoom GraphicsWIOA list	Bakersfield	WIOA list only	$5,000		0.2
UEI College-Bakersfield	Bakersfield	Certificate	Not reported	44	1.7
Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield	Bakersfield	Certificate	Not reported	8	2.7
Bakersfield College	Bakersfield	Associate	Not reported	14	3.4

WIOA in California: 4,171 programs are on the state's list in the U.S. DOL file, 95 of them Billing and coding.
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