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Career Information for Medical Assistants in Tennessee

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Fast Facts for Medical Assistants in Tennessee

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Jackson, Chattanooga, and Memphis
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Morristown, Clarksville, and Knoxville
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga

Salaries for Medical Assistants in Tennessee

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Chattanooga, Cleveland, and Memphis. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Medical Assistants in Tennessee are listed below.

Selected Medical Assistant Schools in Tennessee

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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Vatterott College
Memphis

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

Anthem Career College
Memphis, Nashville

Get your career on track with an education from Anthem Career College. We offer diploma and associate degree programs in the medical, legal, and business fields.

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

Selected Online Schools for Medical Assistants in Tennessee

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

More Tennessee Medical Assistant Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Draughons Junior College ClarksvilleClarksvilleAssociate441
Draughons Junior College IncNashvilleAssociate286
Draughons Junior College-MurfreesboroMurfreesboroAssociate560
Medvance Institute-CookevilleCookevilleAssociate283
Northeast State Technical Community CollegeBlountvilleAssociate5,237
Virginia College-School of Business and HealthChattanoogaBachelor357
West Tennessee Business CollegeJacksonAssociate297

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Medical Assistants

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

TENNESSEE

   
Jackson300$23,5601.6
Chattanooga1,250$27,5301.5
Memphis2,790$26,7801.2
Cleveland120$26,8901.1
Johnson City270$26,2101.1
Kingsport420$25,0401.1
Knoxville1,290$26,5501.1
Clarksville260$22,6401
Morristown150$24,5101
Employment For:
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