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Medical assistant programs in North Carolina
North Carolina has 51 accredited campuses awarding medical assistant credentials. If you finish and work as a medical assistant in North Carolina, expect to start around $36,010–$38,490 and reach a median of $45,140 with experience; the top quarter earn $47,500 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, North Carolina). Graduates of these North Carolina programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $29,584 in their first year, against $26,692 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What medical assistants earn in North Carolina
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 23,650 employed in North Carolina. National median: $45,690.
Campuses in North Carolina, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AlbemarleAsheboroAshevilleBoliviaCharlotteClintonClydeConcordDallasDobsonDurhamElizabeth CityFayettevilleGoldsboroGrahamGrantsboroHamletHendersonHudsonJacksonvilleJamestownKinstonMorehead CityMorgantonMurphyNew BernPolktonRaleighRocky MountRoxboroSalisburySanfordShelbySmithfieldSpruce PineStatesvilleSylvaTarboroThomasvilleTroy
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nash Community College | Rocky Mount | Public community college | 26 | $43,114 | not reported | 41% | not reported |
| Craven Community College | New Bern | Public community college | 42 | $42,401 | not reported | 48% | not reported |
| Southwestern Community College | Sylva | Public community college | 35 | $41,181 | not reported | 53% | not reported |
| Central Piedmont Community College | Charlotte | Public community college | 65 | $39,288 | not reported | 31% | not reported |
| Cabarrus College of Health Sciences | Concord | non-profit college | 37 | $38,111 | $17,500 | not reported | not reported |
| Surry Community College | Dobson | Public community college | 8 | $32,786 | not reported | 6.4% | not reported |
| Fayetteville Technical Community College | Fayetteville | Public technical college | 25 | $32,309 | not reported | 24% | not reported |
| Guilford Technical Community College | Jamestown | Public technical college | 19 | $31,667 | $10,500 | 31% | not reported |
| Forsyth Technical Community College | Winston-Salem | Public technical college | 21 | $30,768 | not reported | 34% | not reported |
| Wake Technical Community College | Raleigh | Public technical college | 42 | $30,471 | not reported | 33% | not reported |
| Durham Technical Community College | Durham | Public technical college | 39 | $30,262 | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| Caldwell Community College and Technical Institute | Hudson | Public technical college | 34 | $29,584 | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College | Asheville | Public technical college | 27 | $29,566 | $21,000 | 40% | not reported |
| Central Carolina Community College | Sanford | Public community college | 27 | $29,469 | not reported | 43% | not reported |
| Pitt Community College | Winterville | Public community college | 26 | $29,313 | $12,350 | 35% | not reported |
| Montgomery Community College | Troy | Public community college | 19 | $29,002 | not reported | 84% | not reported |
| Gaston College | Dallas | Public community college | 16 | $28,988 | not reported | 63% | not reported |
| Davidson-Davie Community College | Thomasville | Public community college | 23 | $27,962 | not reported | 46% | not reported |
| Southeastern College-Charlotte | Charlotte | for-profit career college | 53 | $27,109 | $9,500 | 77% | not reported |
| Western Piedmont Community College | Morganton | Public community college | 17 | $26,628 | not reported | 49% | not reported |
| Richmond Community College | Hamlet | Public community college | 15 | $26,046 | not reported | 46% | not reported |
| Alamance Community College | Graham | Public community college | 18 | $25,857 | not reported | 39% | not reported |
| Johnston Community College | Smithfield | Public community college | 43 | $25,151 | not reported | 37% | not reported |
| Gwinnett College | Raleigh | for-profit career college | 13 | $25,098 | $12,720 | 63% | $33,678 |
| Wayne Community College | Goldsboro | Public community college | 6 | $24,145 | not reported | 49% | not reported |
| Haywood Community College | Clyde | Public community college | 2 | $23,851 | not reported | 34% | not reported |
| Wilkes Community College | Wilkesboro | Public community college | 23 | $22,940 | not reported | 55% | not reported |
| Miller-Motte College-Raleigh | Raleigh | for-profit career college | 37 | $19,946 | $12,668 | 79% | $28,171 |
| Miller-Motte College-Jacksonville | Jacksonville | for-profit career college | 32 | $19,946 | $12,668 | 75% | $28,436 |
| Miller-Motte College-Fayetteville | Fayetteville | for-profit career college | 30 | $19,946 | $12,668 | 78% | $31,202 |
| Miller-Motte College-Wilmington | Wilmington | for-profit college | 19 | $19,946 | $12,668 | not reported | not reported |
| Stanly Community College | Albemarle | Public community college | 46 | not reported | not reported | 48% | not reported |
| Martin Community College | Williamston | Public community college | 36 | not reported | not reported | 39% | not reported |
| Cape Fear Community College | Wilmington | Public community college | 34 | not reported | not reported | 35% | not reported |
| Vance-Granville Community College | Henderson | Public community college | 30 | not reported | not reported | 53% | not reported |
| Rowan-Cabarrus Community College | Salisbury | Public community college | 25 | not reported | not reported | 35% | not reported |
| Edgecombe Community College | Tarboro | Public community college | 23 | not reported | not reported | 37% | not reported |
| Carteret Community College | Morehead City | Public community college | 19 | not reported | not reported | 49% | not reported |
| Mayland Community College | Spruce Pine | Public community college | 16 | not reported | not reported | 46% | not reported |
| South Piedmont Community College | Polkton | Public community college | 9 | not reported | not reported | 38% | not reported |
| College of the Albemarle | Elizabeth City | Public community college | 7 | not reported | not reported | 35% | not reported |
| Piedmont Community College | Roxboro | Public community college | 7 | not reported | not reported | 20% | not reported |
| Sampson Community College | Clinton | Public community college | 7 | not reported | not reported | 57% | not reported |
| Brunswick Community College | Bolivia | Public community college | 5 | not reported | not reported | 40% | not reported |
| Cleveland Community College | Shelby | Public community college | 5 | not reported | not reported | 32% | not reported |
| Lenoir Community College | Kinston | Public community college | 5 | not reported | not reported | 36% | not reported |
| Pamlico Community College | Grantsboro | Public community college | 5 | not reported | not reported | 54% | not reported |
| Tri-County Community College | Murphy | Public community college | 4 | not reported | not reported | 54% | not reported |
| Mitchell Community College | Statesville | Public community college | 2 | not reported | not reported | 28% | not reported |
| Randolph Community College | Asheboro | Public community college | 2 | not reported | not reported | 58% | not reported |
| Care One Health Training Institute | Raleigh | 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.