8 accredited schools across the Orlando metro area trained 576 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.
339 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit two-year college, the 2nd-most in the state. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $18,500 for a program of about 40 weeks.
84 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public two-year college. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $4,703 for a program of about 13 months.
Private for-profit two-year college in Orlando that reported 61 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $18,689 for a program of about 8 months.
25 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public career school.
This public two-year college in Orange County graduated 24 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $5,391 for a program of about 45 weeks.
Public career school in Kissimmee that reported 23 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $7,643 for a program of about 45 weeks.
This private nonprofit four-year institution in Seminole County graduated 12 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $12,360.
Private for-profit four-year institution in Orlando that reported 8 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $15,850 for a program of about 9 months.
8 accredited schools in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro area graduated 576 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was Southern Technical College with 339.
Among schools that published a program price, Orange Technical College in Orlando listed the lowest total: $4,703 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL metro earn a median $43,800 a year ($21.06/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.