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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
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
Cities: BridgetonCape GirardeauColumbiaCottlevilleEarth CityFayetteFentonHillsboroKansas CityLinnMoberlyNeoshoPark HillsPoplar BluffSaint JosephSaint LouisSedaliaSpringfieldTrentonUnionWest Plains
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / 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.