2 accredited schools across the Kalamazoo metro area trained 64 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.
49 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.
This public two-year college in Kalamazoo County graduated 15 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $3,720 ($8,550 out of state).
2 accredited schools in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro area graduated 64 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was Ross Medical Education Center-Portage with 49.
Among schools that published a program price, Ross Medical Education Center-Portage in Portage listed the lowest total: $16,297 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Kalamazoo-Portage, MI metro earn a median $46,690 a year ($22.45/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.