4 accredited schools across the New Orleans metro area trained 111 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 private for-profit career school in Jefferson Parish graduated 75 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24, the 5th-most in the state. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $18,381 for a program of about 36 weeks.
33 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.
2 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 $13,500 for a program of about 9 months.
Private nonprofit four-year institution in Metairie that reported 1 Medical Assistant graduate in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $12,360.
4 accredited schools in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro area graduated 111 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was Blue Cliff College-Metairie with 75.
Among schools that published a program price, Healthcare Training Institute in Kenner listed the lowest total: $13,500 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the New Orleans-Metairie, LA metro earn a median $36,780 a year ($17.69/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.