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Medical assistant programs in Illinois
Illinois has 51 accredited campuses awarding medical assistant credentials. If you finish and work as a medical assistant in Illinois, expect to start around $36,400–$38,970 and reach a median of $46,090 with experience; the top quarter earn $49,460 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Illinois). Graduates of these Illinois programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $29,807 in their first year, against $26,692 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What medical assistants earn in Illinois
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 20,260 employed in Illinois. National median: $45,690.
Campuses in Illinois, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AltonBellevilleCantonCarbondaleCartervilleCentraliaChampaignChicagoChicago HeightsCiceroCrystal LakeDanvilleDecaturDes PlainesEast PeoriaElginFairfieldFreeportGalesburgGlen EllynGodfreyGrayslakeGurneeInaJolietKankakeeMaltaMattoonMelrose ParkMolineNormalOak LawnOglesbyPalatinePalos HillsPeoriaQuincyRiver GroveRobinsonRockford
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakton College | Des Plaines | Public community college | 32 | $52,362 | not reported | 37% | not reported |
| Morton College | Cicero | Public community college | 18 | $47,081 | not reported | 31% | not reported |
| South Suburban College | South Holland | Public community college | 11 | $46,237 | not reported | 28% | not reported |
| Elgin Community College | Elgin | Public community college | 14 | $44,532 | not reported | 41% | not reported |
| Lake Land College | Mattoon | Public community college | 48 | $44,490 | not reported | 58% | not reported |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | Carbondale | Public university | 18 | $39,299 | $12,000 | not reported | not reported |
| Black Hawk College | Moline | Public community college | 30 | $38,699 | not reported | 40% | not reported |
| Illinois Central College | East Peoria | Public community college | 21 | $37,918 | not reported | 49% | not reported |
| Fox College | Tinley Park | for-profit career college | 83 | $35,824 | $18,625 | 71% | not reported |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College | Chicago | Public community college | 99 | $33,115 | not reported | 18% | not reported |
| Parkland College | Champaign | Public community college | 26 | $31,870 | not reported | 32% | not reported |
| Rasmussen University-Illinois | Rockford | for-profit career school | 76 | $29,867 | $11,611 | 43% | not reported |
| Moraine Valley Community College | Palos Hills | Public community college | 7 | $29,747 | not reported | 40% | not reported |
| First Institute of Travel, Inc. | Crystal Lake | for-profit career college | 99 | $29,394 | $9,500 | 72% | $24,945 |
| Lincoln Land Community College | Springfield | Public community college | 39 | $28,631 | not reported | 48% | not reported |
| Lincoln College of Technology-Melrose Park | Melrose Park | for-profit career college | 191 | $27,916 | $10,932 | 69% | $29,496 |
| Southwestern Illinois College | Belleville | Public community college | 33 | $26,669 | not reported | 37% | not reported |
| CALC Institute of Technology | Alton | for-profit career college | 28 | $25,644 | $7,000 | 50% | not reported |
| Lewis and Clark Community College | Godfrey | Public community college | 36 | $24,862 | $3,900 | 44% | not reported |
| State Career College | Gurnee | for-profit career college | 17 | $24,568 | $9,500 | 74% | $33,771 |
| Northwestern College | Oak Lawn | for-profit college | 22 | $23,146 | $12,667 | not reported | not reported |
| Midwestern Career College | Chicago | for-profit career college | 70 | $23,112 | $7,521 | 54% | $24,216 |
| Midwest Technical Institute-Illinois | Springfield | for-profit career college | 165 | $22,746 | $9,500 | 69% | $33,634 |
| Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College | Rockford | for-profit career college | 3 | $21,316 | $13,438 | 66% | not reported |
| William Rainey Harper College | Palatine | Public community college | 37 | not reported | not reported | 48% | not reported |
| College of DuPage | Glen Ellyn | Public community college | 36 | not reported | $10,000 | 25% | not reported |
| College of Lake County | Grayslake | Public community college | 35 | not reported | not reported | 37% | not reported |
| City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College | Chicago | Public community college | 23 | not reported | not reported | 31% | not reported |
| Waubonsee Community College | Sugar Grove | Public community college | 22 | not reported | not reported | 39% | not reported |
| Heartland Community College | Normal | Public community college | 21 | not reported | not reported | 54% | not reported |
| McHenry County College | Crystal Lake | Public community college | 21 | not reported | not reported | 37% | not reported |
| John A Logan College | Carterville | Public community college | 20 | not reported | not reported | 46% | not reported |
| Joliet Junior College | Joliet | Public community college | 17 | not reported | not reported | 21% | not reported |
| Rend Lake College | Ina | Public community college | 12 | not reported | not reported | 63% | not reported |
| Shawnee Community College | Ullin | Public community college | 10 | not reported | not reported | 60% | not reported |
| Stellar Career College | Chicago | for-profit career college | 8 | not reported | not reported | not reported | $29,499 |
| Illinois Valley Community College | Oglesby | Public community college | 7 | not reported | not reported | 42% | not reported |
| Triton College | River Grove | Public community college | 7 | not reported | not reported | 29% | not reported |
| Kankakee Community College | Kankakee | Public community college | 6 | not reported | not reported | 32% | not reported |
| Lincoln Trail College | Robinson | Public community college | 6 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Highland Community College | Freeport | Public community college | 5 | not reported | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| John Wood Community College | Quincy | Public community college | 5 | not reported | not reported | 49% | not reported |
| Spoon River College | Canton | Public community college | 5 | not reported | not reported | 42% | not reported |
| Kishwaukee College | Malta | Public community college | 4 | not reported | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| Richland Community College | Decatur | Public community college | 4 | not reported | not reported | 60% | not reported |
| Danville Area Community College | Danville | Public community college | 3 | not reported | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| Methodist College | Peoria | non-profit college | 3 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Carl Sandburg College | Galesburg | Public community college | 2 | not reported | not reported | 50% | not reported |
| Frontier Community College | Fairfield | Public community college | 2 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Prairie State College | Chicago Heights | Public community college | 2 | not reported | not reported | 21% | not reported |
| Kaskaskia College | Centralia | Public community college | 1 | not reported | not reported | 49% | not reported |
Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.
Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.