17 accredited schools across the Detroit metro area trained 424 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, a proxy for program size and stability.
Private for-profit career school in Warren that reported 75 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24, the 3rd-most in the state. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $16,297 for a program of about 30 weeks.
Private for-profit two-year college in Detroit that reported 55 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $21,600.
This private for-profit career school in Wayne County graduated 33 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $16,297 for a program of about 30 weeks.
This private for-profit two-year college in Macomb County graduated 32 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $29,760.
32 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public two-year college. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $3,330 ($7,950 out of state).
24 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit career school. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $16,297 for a program of about 30 weeks.
24 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit career school. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $29,760.
22 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit two-year college. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $29,760.
This public four-year institution in Wayne County graduated 20 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $2,664 ($6,744 out of state).
Private for-profit career school in New Baltimore that reported 20 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $16,297 for a program of about 30 weeks.
This private for-profit career school in Livingston County graduated 19 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $16,297 for a program of about 30 weeks.
Private for-profit career school in Woodhaven that reported 19 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $29,760.
Private for-profit career school in Canton that reported 17 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $16,297 for a program of about 8 months.
Public two-year college in Auburn Hills that reported 10 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $2,800 ($5,340 out of state).
9 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit two-year college. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $14,960.
This private for-profit career school in Wayne County graduated 7 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $26,695 for a program of about 11 months.
Private for-profit career school in Southfield that reported 6 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24.
17 accredited schools in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro area graduated 424 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was Ross Medical Education Center-Warren with 75.
Among schools that published a program price, Ross Medical Education Center-Warren in Warren listed the lowest total: $16,297 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro earn a median $39,410 a year ($18.95/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $39,870 statewide and $45,690 nationally.
Certificate and diploma programs commonly run about 9 to 12 months; associate degrees take about 2 years.