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Career Information for Medical Assistants in Missouri

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Fast Facts for Medical Assistants in Missouri

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Joplin, Springfield, and St. Louis
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Columbia, St. Joseph, and Jefferson City
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: St. Louis, Kansas City, and Springfield

Salaries for Medical Assistants in Missouri

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Kansas City, St. Louis, and St. Joseph. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Medical Assistants in Missouri are listed below.

Selected Medical Assistant Schools in Missouri

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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Brown Mackie College
St. Louis

Offers degree and certificate programs in business, health care, legal assistance, and computer technology. Located at 18 campuses throughout the U.S.

  • Programs: Medical Assistant, Medical Assisting
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Certificate, Diploma

Sanford Brown College
Fenton, Hazelwood, St. Peters

Students attend the school to gain practical skills directly useful in their chosen fields. Multiple campuses around St. Louis plus one in Milwaukee.

  • Programs: Medical Assistant, Medical Assistant Specialist, Medical Assisting
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Certificate, Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Everest College
Earth City, Springfield

Offers certificate programs, degree programs, and courses in 11 U.S. states with more than 35 locations. Online programs are also available.

  • Programs: Medical Assisting, Medical Assisting Program, Medical Assisting - Associate Degree
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Vatterott College
Joplin, Kansas City, O'Fallon, Springfield, St. Ann, St. Joseph, Sunset Hills

Offers diploma and degree programs in health care, business, computer science, and technical fields. Located in several campus locations across the Midwest

  • Programs: Medical Assistant, Medical Assistant Specialist, Medical Assistant Technology
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Missouri College
St. Louis

Offers undergraduate degree and diploma programs in business, healthcare and visual communication. Located in St. Louis, Missouri

  • Programs: Medical Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Colorado Technical University
North Kansas City

With forty years of experience preparing students for their careers, CTU now offers certificates, and degrees from associate’s through master’s and doctorate.

  • Programs: Medical Assisting, Medical Assisting
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Diploma

Anthem College
Fenton, Kansas City, Maryland Heights

Anthem College has 24 campus locations nationwide as well as the flexibility of online program options.

  • Programs: Medical Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

National American University Campus
Independence, Kansas City, Lees Summit

Offers degree programs in business, health care, information technology, and much more. Located at twelve campuses throughout the Central U.S.

  • Programs: Medical Assisting
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Pinnacle Career Institute
Kansas City

Get your career started with an education from Pinnacle Career Institute. We offer certificate and associate degree programs for careers in the fields of business, alternative energy, health care, fitness, technology, HVAC, and electronics.

  • Programs: Medical Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Certificate

Selected Online Schools for Medical Assistants in Missouri

SchoolLocationsDegreesQuick Info
Keiser University eCampus OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
South UniversityOnlineAssociateGet Info
Kaplan University OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
Ashworth CollegeOnlineDiplomaGet Info
Herzing CollegeOnlineAssociate, DiplomaGet Info

More Missouri Medical Assistant Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Heritage College Kansas CityKansas CityAssociate699
Midwest InstituteKirkwoodAssociate142

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Medical Assistants

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Missouri. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Medical Assistants

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Medical Assistants relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

MISSOURI

   
Joplin330$25,0501.2
Springfield710$24,0101
St. Louis5,030$27,6201
Kansas City3,130$29,2900.8
Jefferson City130$24,3900.6
St. Joseph80$27,0200.5
Columbia130$26,2400.5
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