5 accredited schools across the Bakersfield metro area trained 450 medical assistants in 2023–24. Here’s how they compare on cost, length and size, plus what the job pays locally.
Updated October 2026 · Data: IPEDS 2023–24, BLS May 2025
Sorted by number of 2023–24 graduates (IPEDS), a proxy for program size and stability.
Private for-profit career school in Bakersfield that reported 276 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $19,900 for a program of about 36 weeks.
This public two-year college in Kern County graduated 59 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $1,380 ($10,260 out of state).
Private for-profit two-year college in Bakersfield that reported 57 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $21,997 for a program of about 9 months.
Private for-profit career school in Delano that reported 46 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $21,997 for a program of about 36 weeks.
This private for-profit two-year college in Kern County graduated 12 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $18,491 for a program of about 9 months.
5 accredited schools in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro area graduated 450 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was UEI College-Bakersfield with 276.
Among schools that published a program price, Glendale Career College-North-West College-Bakersfield in Bakersfield listed the lowest total: $18,491 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Bakersfield-Delano, CA metro earn a median $46,560 a year ($22.39/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $49,660 statewide and $45,690 nationally.
Certificate and diploma programs commonly run about 9 to 12 months; associate degrees take about 2 years.