5 accredited schools across the Salt Lake City metro area trained 79 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.
Private nonprofit four-year institution in Salt Lake City that reported 27 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24, the 5th-most in the state. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $3,888.
This private for-profit four-year institution in Salt Lake County graduated 22 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $16,491.
Private for-profit two-year college in Salt Lake City that reported 17 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $12,928.
7 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public career school. Published tuition and fees plus books and supplies come to $3,482 for a program of about 10 months.
6 Medical Assistant credentials awarded in 2023–24 at this public two-year college. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $3,778 ($13,222 out of state).
5 accredited schools in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area graduated 79 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was Ensign College with 27.
Among schools that published a program price, Tooele Technical College in Tooele listed the lowest total: $3,482 for tuition, books and supplies.
Medical Assistants in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro earn a median $46,080 a year ($22.16/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $45,360 statewide and $45,690 nationally.
Certificate and diploma programs commonly run about 9 to 12 months; associate degrees take about 2 years.