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Medical assistant programs in Kansas
Kansas has 14 accredited campuses awarding medical assistant credentials. If you finish and work as a medical assistant in Kansas, expect to start around $35,140–$37,050 and reach a median of $39,510 with experience; the top quarter earn $46,380 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Kansas). Graduates of these Kansas programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $40,351 in their first year, against $26,692 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What medical assistants earn in Kansas
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 5,510 employed in Kansas. National median: $45,690.
Campuses in Kansas, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: ChanuteCoffeyvilleColbyGoodlandHighlandHutchinsonKansas CityOverland ParkParsonsTopekaWichita
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchinson Community College | Hutchinson | Public community college | 25 | $45,963 | $9,500 | 54% | not reported |
| Newman University | Wichita | non-profit university | 6 | $43,928 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Kansas City Kansas Community College | Kansas City | Public community college | 53 | $41,002 | $11,000 | 42% | not reported |
| Washburn University | Topeka | Public university | 34 | $40,826 | $16,384 | not reported | not reported |
| Neosho County Community College | Chanute | Public community college | 8 | $39,876 | not reported | 34% | not reported |
| Colby Community College | Colby | Public community college | 14 | $33,062 | not reported | 55% | not reported |
| WellSpring School of Allied Health-Wichita | Wichita | for-profit career school | 11 | $24,888 | $12,223 | 70% | $18,179 |
| Wichita Technical Institute | Wichita | for-profit career college | 125 | $21,228 | $13,000 | 55% | $24,939 |
| Northwest Kansas Technical College | Goodland | Public technical college | 21 | not reported | not reported | 73% | $22,340 |
| Highland Community College | Highland | Public community college | 13 | not reported | not reported | 39% | not reported |
| Cleveland University-Kansas City | Overland Park | non-profit university | 12 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Labette Community College | Parsons | Public community college | 10 | not reported | $9,500 | 24% | not reported |
| Coffeyville Community College | Coffeyville | Public community college | 2 | not reported | not reported | 38% | not reported |
| Center for Programs in Allied Health at the University of Kansas Hospital Authority | Kansas City | career school | — | not reported | not reported | not reported | 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.