7 accredited schools across the Tampa metro area trained 243 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, a proxy for program size and stability.
114 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 $18,971 for a program of about 32 weeks.
This private nonprofit two-year college in Pinellas County graduated 57 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24.
Private for-profit career school in Tampa that reported 42 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24.
Public two-year college in Tampa that reported 17 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24.
Private for-profit four-year institution in Spring Hill that reported 11 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $13,500.
1 Medical Assistant credential awarded in 2023–24 at this public four-year institution. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $2,297 ($9,272 out of state).
Private nonprofit four-year institution in Tampa that reported 1 Medical Assistant graduate in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $12,360.
7 accredited schools in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro area graduated 243 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was Concorde Career Institute-Tampa with 114.
Among schools that published a program price, Concorde Career Institute-Tampa in Tampa listed the lowest total: $18,971 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro earn a median $44,480 a year ($21.39/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.