3 accredited schools across the Virginia Beach metro area trained 317 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 Virginia Beach City graduated 264 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24, the most in the state. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $17,424.
Private for-profit two-year college in Norfolk that reported 28 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24, the 3rd-most in the state. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $13,818.
Private nonprofit four-year institution in Virginia Beach that reported 25 Medical Assistant graduates in 2023–24, the 5th-most in the state. Annual in-district tuition (before fees): $17,352.
3 accredited schools in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area graduated 317 Medical Assistant students in 2023–24. The largest was ECPI University with 264.
Medical Assistants in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro earn a median $43,620 a year ($20.97/hour), per BLS May 2025 data. That compares with $44,740 statewide and $45,690 nationally.
Certificate and diploma programs commonly run about 9 to 12 months; associate degrees take about 2 years.