5 accredited schools across the Grand Rapids metro area trained 278 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.
162 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit two-year college, the most in the state. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $8,917 for a program of about 18 months.
This private for-profit career school in Kent County graduated 78 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24, the 2nd-most in the state. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $16,297 for a program of about 30 weeks.
20 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private nonprofit four-year institution. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $22,272.
This public two-year college in Kent County graduated 17 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $3,600 ($11,400 out of state).
Public two-year college in Sidney that reported 1 Medical Assistant graduate in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $3,570 ($11,130 out of state).
5 accredited schools in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro area graduated 278 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was Ross College-Grand Rapids North with 162.
Among schools that published a program price, Ross College-Grand Rapids North in Grand Rapids listed the lowest total: $8,917 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI metro earn a median $39,890 a year ($19.18/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.