2 accredited schools across the Bridgeport metro area trained 188 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.
175 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit career school, the most in the state. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $15,550.
Private for-profit two-year college in Stratford that reported 13 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $14,375 for a program of about 9 months.
2 accredited schools in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area graduated 188 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was Porter & Chester Institute with 175.
Among schools that published a program price, American Institute of Healthcare & Technology in Stratford listed the lowest total: $14,375 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro earn a median $47,970 a year ($23.06/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $47,430 statewide and $45,690 nationally.
Certificate and diploma programs commonly run about 9 to 12 months; associate degrees take about 2 years.