6 accredited schools across the Lafayette metro area trained 222 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 career school in Lafayette that reported 64 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $15,895 for a program of about 9 months.
63 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private nonprofit two-year college. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $23,255.
47 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public two-year college. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $3,335.
28 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit career school. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $15,212 for a program of about 8 months.
This private for-profit career school in Lafayette Parish graduated 16 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $18,381 for a program of about 9 months.
Private for-profit two-year college in Lafayette that reported 4 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $15,250 for a program of about 9 months.
6 accredited schools in the Lafayette, LA metro area graduated 222 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was Unitech Training Academy-Lafayette with 64.
Among schools that published a program price, Delta College of Arts & Technology-Lafayette Campus in Lafayette listed the lowest total: $15,212 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Lafayette, LA metro earn a median $34,940 a year ($16.80/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.