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Career Information for Medical Assistants in Ohio

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Fast Facts for Medical Assistants in Ohio

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Springfield, Lima, and Canton
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Mansfield, Cleveland, and Toledo
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Cincinnati, Columbus, and Cleveland

Salaries for Medical Assistants in Ohio

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Lima, Columbus, and Sandusky. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Medical Assistants in Ohio are listed below.

Selected Medical Assistant Schools in Ohio

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
Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Findlay

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
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Sanford Brown College
Cleveland

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

Vatterott College
Broadview Heights

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

Everest Institute
Gahanna

Founded in 1851 as Duff's Business Institute, the school offers career education programs in 12 states with greater than 25 locations.

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

Fortis College
Centerville, Cincinnati, Cuyahoga Falls, Ravenna, Westerville

Looking to prepare for your dream career? Fortis College can give you the skills and training you need to succeed in the fast-growing and high-demand healthcare field.

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

Kaplan College KHE
Cincinnati, Columbus, Dayton

Kaplan College teaches students skills that have relevance in many fast-growing employment areas. Several forms of tuition assistance may be available for qualified enrollees.

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

Harrison College
Grove City

Over 100 years of quality education at 12 campuses throughout Indiana and Ohio. Career-focused bachelor's and associate's degrees, diplomas and certificate programs. Online programs available.

  • Programs: Medical Assistant, Medical Assisting With Functional Spanish
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate

Kaplan Career Institute
Cleveland

Offers career training and degree programs in business, health care, information systems, legal studies, secretarial science studies, and specialized technology.

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

Lincoln College of Technology
Cincinnati, Dayton, Franklin

Lincoln College of Technology (LCT) has 37 campuses in 17 different states, with online programs as well, in a variety of different fields.

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

Selected Online Schools for Medical Assistants in Ohio

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

More Ohio Medical Assistant Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Belmont Technical CollegeSaint ClairsvilleAssociate1,742
Carnegie Institute of Integrative Medicine and MassotherapySuffieldAssociate207
Cincinnati State Technical and Community CollegeCincinnatiAssociate8,507
Columbus State Community CollegeColumbusAssociate23,057
Cuyahoga Community CollegeClevelandAssociate24,563
Davis College ToledoToledoAssociate484
Edison State Community CollegePiquaAssociate3,025
ETI Technical CollegeNilesAssociate174
Hocking CollegeNelsonvilleAssociate4,341
James A Rhodes State CollegeLimaAssociate3,385
Jefferson Community CollegeSteubenvilleAssociate1,744
Lakeland Community CollegeKirtlandAssociate8,934
Lorain County Community CollegeElyriaAssociate10,769
Marion Technical CollegeMarionAssociate2,125
Northwest State Community CollegeArchboldAssociate2,944
Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbusDoctorate52,568
Ohio University-Lancaster CampusLancasterMasters1,728
Professional Skills InstituteToledoAssociate292
Sinclair Community CollegeDaytonAssociate18,691
Southern State Community CollegeHillsboroAssociate2,436
Stark State College of TechnologyNorth CantonAssociate8,238
Stautzenberger CollegeMaumeeAssociate745
Terra State Community CollegeFremontAssociate2,495
University of Akron Main CampusAkronDoctorate & First Professional23,007
University of Cincinnati-Clermont CollegeBataviaAssociate2,942
University of Cincinnati-Raymond Walters CollegeBlue AshAssociate4,257
University of Northwestern OhioLimaMasters3,312
University of ToledoToledoDoctorate & First Professional19,767
Youngstown State UniversityYoungstownDoctorate13,595
Zane State CollegeZanesvilleAssociate2,049

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Medical Assistants

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Ohio. 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

OHIO

   
Springfield280$26,4101.9
Lima280$28,9401.7
Canton930$26,2001.5
Youngstown1,140$24,4501.4
Dayton1,720$27,3801.2
Sandusky130$28,5601.2
Akron1,420$27,4101.2
Cincinnati4,320$28,3401.1
Columbus3,570$28,5701
Toledo1,050$28,4400.9
Cleveland3,380$26,7400.9
Mansfield140$28,2200.8
Employment For:
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