3 accredited schools across the Knoxville metro area trained 97 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.
This private for-profit four-year institution in Knox County graduated 62 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24, the 5th-most in the state. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $16,450.
Private for-profit career school in Knoxville that reported 32 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 public two-year college in Roane County graduated 3 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24.
3 accredited schools in the Knoxville, TN metro area graduated 97 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was South College with 62.
Among schools that published a program price, Ross Medical Education Center-Knoxville in Knoxville listed the lowest total: $16,297 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Knoxville, TN metro earn a median $38,880 a year ($18.69/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $39,570 statewide and $45,690 nationally.
Certificate and diploma programs commonly run about 9 to 12 months; associate degrees take about 2 years.