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Medical assistant programs in Missouri

Missouri has 29 accredited campuses awarding medical assistant credentials. If you finish and work as a medical assistant in Missouri, expect to start around $35,810–$37,380 and reach a median of $40,440 with experience; the top quarter earn $46,600 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Missouri). Graduates of these Missouri programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $27,543 in their first year, against $26,692 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.

What medical assistants earn in Missouri

$35,810starting (10th percentile)
$37,380early career (25th)
$40,440median, all experience
$46,600experienced (75th)
$48,360top earners (90th)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 13,050 employed in Missouri. National median: $45,690.

Campuses in Missouri, ranked by what their graduates earned

29campuses in Missouri
604credentials awarded / yr
$27,543median earnings, yr 1 (Missouri)
$26,692median earnings, yr 1 (U.S.)

Cities: BridgetonCape GirardeauColumbiaCottlevilleEarth CityFayetteFentonHillsboroKansas CityLinnMoberlyNeoshoPark HillsPoplar BluffSaint JosephSaint LouisSedaliaSpringfieldTrentonUnionWest Plains

CampusCityTypeGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Program debtCompletionCost / yr
Concorde Career College-Kansas City Kansas City for-profit 65 $41,050 $9,500 not reported $34,349
State Technical College of Missouri Linn Public 18 $40,234 $9,187 84% not reported
Mineral Area College Park Hills Public 12 $39,507 not reported 49% not reported
Ozarks Technical Community College Springfield Public 29 $38,411 $12,750 not reported not reported
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City Kansas City Public 30 $34,815 $15,000 34% not reported
Crowder College Neosho Public 24 $32,503 $14,400 49% not reported
Saint Louis Community College Bridgeton Public 28 $32,501 not reported not reported not reported
St Louis College of Health Careers-Fenton Fenton for-profit 37 $32,331 $9,500 not reported $28,916
Jefferson College Hillsboro Public 9 $28,993 $14,062 38% not reported
Midwest Institute Earth City for-profit 20 $26,093 $9,500 55% $22,631
East Central College Union Public 7 $26,032 not reported 48% not reported
WellSpring School of Allied Health-Kansas City Kansas City for-profit 22 $24,888 $12,223 67% $20,993
WellSpring School of Allied Health-Springfield Springfield for-profit 9 $24,888 $12,223 77% $20,228
Cape Girardeau Career and Technology Center Cape Girardeau Public 32 $24,554 $5,750 71% $24,038
Concorde Career College-Broadway Kansas City for-profit 60 $24,209 $9,500 68% $31,676
St Charles Community College Cottleville Public 27 $24,006 not reported 25% not reported
St Louis College of Health Careers-St Louis Saint Louis for-profit 39 $23,305 $9,500 53% $33,507
Midwest Technical Institute-Missouri Springfield for-profit 14 $22,746 $9,500 81% $32,631
Bryan University Springfield for-profit 7 $21,474 $21,913 not reported not reported
State Fair Community College Sedalia Public 39 not reported not reported 44% not reported
Moberly Area Community College Moberly Public 18 not reported not reported 44% not reported
Missouri Western State University Saint Joseph Public 15 not reported not reported not reported not reported
Three Rivers College Poplar Bluff Public 13 not reported $11,600 33% not reported
North Central Missouri College Trenton Public 10 not reported not reported 58% not reported
Rockhurst University Kansas City non-profit 10 not reported not reported not reported not reported
Columbia College Columbia non-profit 4 not reported not reported not reported not reported
Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fayette non-profit 3 not reported not reported not reported not reported
Missouri State University-West Plains West Plains Public 2 not reported not reported 41% not reported
Cox College Springfield non-profit 1 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.

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