8 accredited schools across the Sacramento metro area trained 724 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 four-year institution in Sacramento that reported 278 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $21,799 for a program of about 9 months.
This private for-profit career school in Sacramento County graduated 229 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $19,900 for a program of about 36 weeks.
143 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit two-year college. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $16,569 for a program of about 8 months.
34 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public two-year college. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $0 ($11,520 out of state).
15 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit two-year college.
Public two-year college in Rocklin that reported 12 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $1,104 ($9,936 out of state).
9 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public career school.
This private for-profit career school in Placer County graduated 4 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $19,476.
8 accredited schools in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area graduated 724 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was Carrington College-Sacramento with 278.
Among schools that published a program price, MTI College in Sacramento listed the lowest total: $16,569 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro earn a median $61,970 a year ($29.79/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.