2 accredited schools across the Lafayette metro area trained 181 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.
This public four-year institution in Tippecanoe County graduated 121 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24, the 2nd-most in the state. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $10,080 ($13,356 out of state).
Private for-profit career school in Lafayette that reported 60 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24, the 5th-most in the state. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $16,297 for a program of about 30 weeks.
2 accredited schools in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro area graduated 181 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was Purdue University Global with 121.
Among schools that published a program price, Ross Medical Education Center-Lafayette in Lafayette listed the lowest total: $16,297 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN metro earn a median $44,350 a year ($21.32/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $45,110 statewide and $45,690 nationally.
Certificate and diploma programs commonly run about 9 to 12 months; associate degrees take about 2 years.