Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College offers an Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degree to its MA aspirants. It is a 4-semester medical assistant training program that requires one to complete 63 total credits. Admissions usually begin in the fall. As the college has ABHES accreditation, all MAs graduating from this college are qualified to take the CMA certification or RMA certification. The program fee is around $300 per semester, and the college takes admission on a selective basis.

The students are scored and ranked according to their ACCUPLACER test scores, and then only the top rankers are given preference for admission based on the availability of classroom enrolments in a particular term. Students are required to maintain a GPA of 2 every semester and procure a minimum grade C. Other requirements like CPR certification, HIPPA training, and hospital orientation might be asked for, depending upon clinical rotational placement.

The Northeast Mississippi Community College offers two courses to its medical assistant aspirants, a certificate program that continues for 11 months, and an associate degree program, which is a 2-year program. The certificate course in medical assisting technology requires successful completion of 45 hours and makes students eligible for taking the CMA examination sponsored by AAMA. Students need to procure a minimum of grade C in all their coursework to graduate. The course is constituted both of class hours as well as clinical responsibilities.

The AAS degree needs a total fulfillment for 70 hours, and they have to complete specific additional courses after they have earned the first year certificate course. Federal financial aid opportunities abound in this college, and candidates are offered and encourage several scholarships and grants like Federal Work Study, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant, and others.

It offers a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) program at two of its locations in Mississippi. The registration fee for the course is $250, and it is usually a 7-8 month training program. The program cost at the college is inclusive of books, lab supplies, and certification exam, which makes it one of the most affordable degree options in the state. Particular attention is paid to attendance, and a tardy student missing 10 minutes of class time on two days is considered to have incurred an absence.

As the students meet for classes three times a week, the accepted level of absences for class meetings is three, and for clinical rotations one. The CCMA program here boasts of fast-paced coursework, which requires the students to compete for tests and reading assignments daily. The college takes admission based on the WorkKeys assessment score, which should not be less than silver. This community college also encourages students to apply for scholarships and financial aids, which are available in plenty, for interested students.

It offers a CCMA program to MA aspirants in MS. In the 500-hour program, constituted by class hours and clinical duties, students meet for four days a week from Monday to Thursday. Sponsored by PRCC’s Workforce education program, it does not count for college credits. It prepares students to take the National Health Career Association certification exam. It provides customized yet specialized industry-specific training to its MA aspirants.

The program fee is again at par with Copiah-Lincoln Community College for this course, which is the cheapest and the easiest on pocket MA program in the state. There is an application packet that is supposed to be completed, without which you won’t be considered eligible for the interview. The MA program at PRCC is still in its infancy, and they have produced their first graduation batch in March 2020 only.

Delta Technical College offers students a medical assistant diploma that can be completed in 9 months, as opposed to other lengthy courses available in community colleges. They train you professionally for employment, and their placement records are quite impressive. The training program makes you eligible for taking the National Medical Assistant Certification (NCMA) examination as well as the National Center for Competency Testing (NCCT) exam.

This 35-week long course requires students to earn 26.5 total credits and complete 765 clock hours, including 225 hours of externship. It also requires students to complete another 135 outside clock hours. Daytime as well as evening classes are available for this diploma course. The first and last coursework modules of the program are fixed, but students can take the rest of them in random order.

The school offers a course in medical assisting technology training that requires you to complete a total of 65 credit hours (inclusive of pre-requisite courses). Constituted of both class and clinical hours, the program lasts over 3 semesters. Retention of students is a perfect 100%, as per the latest data of 2018 available on the college website. At the same time, the college prides on a consecutive retention rate of 90.74% for the past 5 years, and their cumulative exam pass rate also stands at 88.64% for the same period.

Students are required to maintain a minimum GPA of 2 across the semesters, and a minimum C grade is needed at each MET program to procure the training certificate. Admissions usually start before fall, as the course begins in the fall semester. MA aspirants are required to provide CPR certification and immunization proof for MMR before their classes commence.

Concorde Career College offers a diploma as well as an associate degree to medical assistants in the state, all across its 16 campus locations. The diploma provided in Southaven campus is a 7-month long program, which requires a commitment of 720 contact hours over 30 instructional weeks. This full-time diploma has classes happening in the daytime as well as evening and needs students to complete 29.33 semester credits. The program cost is above $15,000, which also includes the cost of books.

The AAS degree, offered by Concorde Career College, is a 17-month course, which needs you to earn 62.33 credit hours over 70 instructional weeks. This full-time course requires a commitment of 1,215 contact hours. Financial grants and scholarships are available to students who qualify the requirements specified on the college website.

This College offers a Clinical Medical Assistant training diploma to its MA aspirants. It offers a day as well as night classes. The program length for daytime and night time candidates is 9 months and 15 months, respectively. The tuition fee for the night program is $16,531, whereas for the day course is $14,031. The supplies are not inclusive of the program fees and come for an additional $1,850 for both the program courses.

Their classes enroll new students every 6 weeks and have lab practices and externship along with full-time class hours. The college requires all the applicants to review and sign a document called ‘guidelines for practicing injections’ before admission.

The diploma in medical assistant provided by the Institute for Health and Technology is a 9-month course, which prepares MAs in Mississippi for entry-level employment. Classes are offered in the daytime as well as in the evenings, to accommodate student convenience. Externship is a requirement in this program to give students practical knowledge and relevant experience. Candidates meet four days a week from Monday to Thursday for 4 hours every day.

This course requires students to do 16 hours of classes per week, and full-time students can entirely complete their program, in a fast track manner, in 41 weeks. To help students financially, numerous scholarships, federal grants, and financial opportunities are provided. Besides, an exam review class is taken to aid students for certification exams by preparing them methodologically and holistically.