5 accredited schools across the Kansas City metro area trained 166 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.
70 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit four-year institution, the most in the state. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $18,684 for a program of about 32 months.
This private for-profit career school in Jackson County graduated 48 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24, the 2nd-most in the state. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $18,684 for a program of about 32 weeks.
23 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 $18,700 for a program of about 10 months.
This public two-year college in Wyandotte County graduated 14 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24, the 2nd-most in the state. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $2,296 ($5,628 out of state).
Private nonprofit four-year institution in Kansas City that reported 11 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $41,900.
5 accredited schools in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro area graduated 166 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was Concorde Career College-Kansas City with 70.
Among schools that published a program price, Concorde Career College-Kansas City in Kansas City listed the lowest total: $18,684 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Kansas City, MO-KS metro earn a median $45,300 a year ($21.78/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $40,440 statewide and $45,690 nationally.
Certificate and diploma programs commonly run about 9 to 12 months; associate degrees take about 2 years.