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Medical assistant program at Brighton Center's Center for Employment Training

Newport, KY · Private nonprofit less-than-2-year · School website

On Kentucky's WIOA eligible training provider list (DOL file dated June 30, 2025) School takes federal student aid (IPEDS) Accreditor on file: Council on Occupational Education

The program in figures

Tuition and fees, whole programIPEDS 2024-25, certificate (1 to under 2 years)
$9,185
Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
$400
Listed cost
$9,585
LengthIPEDS
1,070 clock hours, 9 months
CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
16
Graduates' median earnings, 1 year afterCollege Scorecard, 24 graduates
$28,903
Median earnings, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard
$34,086
National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
$34,272
Typical pay for medical assistantsBLS OEWS May 2025, Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
$44,340

Every line comes from the federal file named under it. A blank means the source does not publish the figure for this program; we never estimate it.

About this program

Brighton Center's Center for Employment Training awarded 16 medical assistant credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its largest career program of 2 we list. Its listed tuition of $9,185 compares with a Kentucky median wage of $39,270 for medical assistants (BLS, May 2025).

On Kentucky's WIOA eligible training provider list

People who meet WIOA's rules for training services can have their local workforce board pay for a program on the state's eligible training provider list. Limits vary by area. How WIOA training funds work.

Listed programTuition and feesLengthCompletedEmployed, 2nd quarterMedian earnings, 2nd quarterStudents who exited
Medical AssistingIn person · CIP 51.0801Not reportedCompetency-based or withheld53.3%80%$7,28015

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, TrainingProviderResults.gov program file (ETA-9171): programs on state lists as of June 30, 2025; outcomes for all students who exited between July 2021 and June 2025, not only WIOA-funded ones. Median earnings are one quarter's pay in the second quarter after exit. Suppressed means DOL withheld the figure (a small group, nothing reported, or a data quality hold); for length it can also mean a competency-based program. Matched to this page by provider name, address and field of study (CIP code).

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