4 accredited schools across the Houma metro area trained 76 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.
41 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit career school. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $15,895 for a program of about 36 weeks.
20 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public two-year college. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $3,335.
This private for-profit career school in Terrebonne Parish graduated 13 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $12,000 for a program of about 23 weeks.
Private for-profit career school in Houma that reported 2 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24.
4 accredited schools in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro area graduated 76 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was Unitech Training Academy-Houma with 41.
Among schools that published a program price, Williams Technical College in Houma listed the lowest total: $12,000 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA metro earn a median $34,420 a year ($16.55/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $36,320 statewide and $45,690 nationally.
Certificate and diploma programs commonly run about 9 to 12 months; associate degrees take about 2 years.