2 accredited schools across the Pittsfield metro area trained 16 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.
13 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit career school, the 5th-most in the state. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $15,584.
Public career school in North Adams that reported 3 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $3,200 for a program of about 10 months.
2 accredited schools in the Pittsfield, MA metro area graduated 16 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was Mildred Elley-Pittsfield Campus with 13.
Among schools that published a program price, Charles H McCann Technical School in North Adams listed the lowest total: $3,200 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Pittsfield, MA metro earn a median $45,990 a year ($22.11/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $49,460 statewide and $45,690 nationally.
Certificate and diploma programs commonly run about 9 to 12 months; associate degrees take about 2 years.