3 accredited schools across the Brownsville metro area trained 335 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.
122 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this private for-profit career school. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $19,735 for a program of about 40 weeks.
Private for-profit two-year college in Harlingen that reported 109 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $18,450 for a program of about 36 weeks.
104 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 $18,450 for a program of about 10 months.
3 accredited schools in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro area graduated 335 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was South Texas Vocational Technical Institute-Brownsville with 122.
Among schools that published a program price, Southern Careers Institute-Harlingen in Harlingen listed the lowest total: $18,450 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Brownsville-Harlingen, TX metro earn a median $34,960 a year ($16.81/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $39,520 statewide and $45,690 nationally.
Certificate and diploma programs commonly run about 9 to 12 months; associate degrees take about 2 years.