4 accredited schools across the Jacksonville metro area trained 149 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 Jacksonville that reported 91 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $18,355 for a program of about 32 weeks.
Private for-profit two-year college in Orange Park that reported 31 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $14,102.
This public four-year institution in Duval County graduated 21 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $2,095 ($7,947 out of state).
6 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public career school.
4 accredited schools in the Jacksonville, FL metro area graduated 149 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was Concorde Career Institute-Jacksonville with 91.
Among schools that published a program price, Concorde Career Institute-Jacksonville in Jacksonville listed the lowest total: $18,355 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Jacksonville, FL metro earn a median $42,600 a year ($20.48/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $43,680 statewide and $45,690 nationally.
Certificate and diploma programs commonly run about 9 to 12 months; associate degrees take about 2 years.