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Medical assistant program at Northwest Educational Center
Houston, TX · Private for-profit less-than-2-year · School website
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)
- $10,700
- Books and suppliesIPEDS 2024-25
- $0
- LengthIPEDS
- 900 clock hours, 8 months
- CompletionsIPEDS 2023-24, all levels
- 37
- Graduates' earningsCollege Scorecard reports Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services as one group at this school
- Not shown for this program alone
- National median, same field, 4 years afterCollege Scorecard, all schools
- $34,272
- Typical pay for medical assistantsBLS OEWS May 2025, Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX
- $42,110
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About this program
Northwest Educational Center awarded 37 medical assistant credentials in 2023-24 (IPEDS), its second largest career program of 4 we list. Its listed tuition of $10,700 compares with a Texas median wage of $39,520 for medical assistants (BLS, May 2025).
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