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Medical assistant programs in Massachusetts
Massachusetts has 19 accredited campuses awarding medical assistant credentials. If you finish and work as a medical assistant in Massachusetts, expect to start around $43,280–$46,910 and reach a median of $49,460 with experience; the top quarter earn $58,100 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Massachusetts). Graduates of these Massachusetts programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $37,040 in their first year, against $26,692 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What medical assistants earn in Massachusetts
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 14,880 employed in Massachusetts. National median: $45,690.
Campuses in Massachusetts, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: BedfordBostonBrocktonDanversFall RiverGardnerGreenfieldHaverhillHolyokeNorth AdamsPittsfieldQuincySeekonkSomervilleSouth EastonSpringfieldWest BarnstableWorcester
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Wachusett Community College | Gardner | Public | 74 | $44,405 | $7,473 | 24% | not reported |
| Springfield Technical Community College | Springfield | Public | 37 | $39,884 | $9,914 | 32% | not reported |
| Quinsigamond Community College | Worcester | Public | 19 | $38,006 | not reported | 22% | not reported |
| North Shore Community College | Danvers | Public | 36 | $37,040 | $11,050 | 18% | not reported |
| Bunker Hill Community College | Boston | Public | 40 | $36,062 | not reported | 13% | not reported |
| Bristol Community College | Fall River | Public | 19 | $31,853 | not reported | 23% | not reported |
| Mildred Elley-Pittsfield Campus | Pittsfield | for-profit | 14 | $31,073 | $18,625 | not reported | not reported |
| Motoring Technical Training Institute | Seekonk | for-profit | 24 | $30,225 | $9,500 | 89% | $23,882 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Somerville | Somerville | for-profit | 189 | $26,526 | $10,299 | not reported | not reported |
| Northern Essex Community College | Haverhill | Public | 28 | not reported | $5,600 | 21% | not reported |
| Greenfield Community College | Greenfield | Public | 14 | not reported | not reported | 31% | not reported |
| Holyoke Community College | Holyoke | Public | 12 | not reported | not reported | 29% | not reported |
| Quincy College | Quincy | Public | 9 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Southeastern Technical Institute | South Easton | Public | 9 | not reported | $5,500 | 74% | $15,859 |
| Berkshire Community College | Pittsfield | Public | 8 | not reported | not reported | 20% | not reported |
| Massasoit Community College | Brockton | Public | 8 | not reported | not reported | 19% | not reported |
| Middlesex Community College | Bedford | Public | 4 | not reported | not reported | 23% | not reported |
| Cape Cod Community College | West Barnstable | Public | 3 | not reported | not reported | 22% | not reported |
| Charles H McCann Technical School | North Adams | Public | 1 | not reported | not reported | 100% | $17,976 |
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.