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Career Information for Medical Assistants in Texas

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Fast Facts for Medical Assistants in Texas

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: McAllen, Sherman, and Tyler
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Midland, Victoria, and Killeen
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio

Salaries for Medical Assistants in Texas

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Midland, Dallas, and Austin. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Medical Assistants in Texas are listed below.

Selected Medical Assistant Schools in Texas

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
San Antonio

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
Dallas, Houston, San Antonio

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
Arlington, Dallas, Fort Worth

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.)

Everest Institute
Austin, Houston, San Antonio

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

Kaplan College KHE
Arlington, Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Laredo, Lubbock, McAllen, Midland, San Antonio

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.)

Texas School of Business
Friendswood, Houston

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

Hallmark College
San Antonio

Offers associate degree and certificate programs in computer networking, electronics engineering, medical assistant, business office administration, and airframe technology. Located in San Antonio, Texas.

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

ATI Career Training Center
Dallas, Houston, North Richland Hills, Richardson, Waco

Offers career training and associate's degrees in several fields. Located in Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.

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

South Texas Vocational Technical Institute
Brownsville, Corpus Christi, McAllen, Weslaco

Offers career training in a variety of fields. Located at three campuses in Texas.

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

Anthem College
Irving

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

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

National American University Campus
Austin

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

Milan Institute
West Amarillo

Offers career training in business, legal and medical-related fields. Located at nine campus sites in Texas, California, Idaho, and Nevada.

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

Computer Career Center
Amarillo, El Paso, Lubbock

Offers career training in the medical, business, and graphics fields. Located on four campuses in Texas and New Mexico.

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

Career Point College
San Antonio

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

Southern Careers Institute
Austin, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Harlingen, Pharr, San Antonio

Get started on a career in the business or health care fields at Southern Careers Institute. Our programs provide students with the focused, hands-on learning that can really make a difference.

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

Selected Online Schools for Medical Assistants in Texas

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

More Texas Medical Assistant Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Cisco CollegeCiscoAssociate3,365
El Centro CollegeDallasAssociate6,680
El Paso Community CollegeEl PasoAssociate25,023
Houston Community CollegeHoustonAssociate43,518
Howard CollegeBig SpringAssociate3,329
Kilgore CollegeKilgoreAssociate5,150
Laredo Community CollegeLaredoAssociate7,831
Lone Star College SystemThe WoodlandsAssociate39,756
Mountain View CollegeDallasAssociate7,009
Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount PleasantAssociate1,010
San Antonio CollegeSan AntonioAssociate19,819
San Jacinto Community CollegePasadenaAssociate23,805
South Texas CollegeMcAllenBachelor19,827
Texas State Technical College HarlingenHarlingenAssociate4,957
Virginia College-AustinAustinAssociate825
Western Technical College Branch Campus El PasoEl PasoAssociate427
Western Technical College Main Campus El PasoEl PasoAssociate887

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Medical Assistants

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

TEXAS

   
McAllen1,640$20,9602.1
Sherman230$26,9101.9
Tyler570$26,6901.9
Laredo450$22,2401.6
San Antonio4,800$24,4301.5
Brownsville590$23,9801.4
Corpus Christi810$22,8001.3
Wichita Falls230$25,6201.2
San Angelo150$21,9401.2
Beaumont630$23,7801.1
College Station290$24,2101.1
Lubbock470$20,3601.1
Waco360$27,0601.1
Dallas8,410$30,3301.1
Houston10,200$27,2601.1
Austin2,730$28,4701
Texarkana170$26,6401
Fort Worth2,930$27,4500.9
Odessa140$24,1600.8
Abilene140$23,2000.7
Longview180 0.6
Killeen230$26,5900.6
Victoria80$23,3200.5
Midland100$31,1000.5
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