6 accredited schools across the San Jose metro area trained 351 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 two-year college in San Jose that reported 153 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $21,799 for a program of about 36 weeks.
This private for-profit four-year institution in Santa Clara County graduated 92 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24.
69 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public two-year college. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $1,288 ($9,408 out of state).
This public two-year college in Santa Clara County graduated 21 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $1,395 ($12,150 out of state).
Private nonprofit career school in San Jose that reported 9 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $15,249 for a program of about 8 months.
7 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public two-year college. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $1,380 ($9,210 out of state).
6 accredited schools in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area graduated 351 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was Carrington College-San Jose with 153.
Among schools that published a program price, CET-San Jose in San Jose listed the lowest total: $15,249 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro earn a median $61,940 a year ($29.78/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.