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Medical assistant programs in New Jersey
New Jersey has 40 accredited campuses awarding medical assistant credentials. If you finish and work as a medical assistant in New Jersey, expect to start around $37,010–$42,150 and reach a median of $47,210 with experience; the top quarter earn $49,920 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, New Jersey). Graduates of these New Jersey programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $26,485 in their first year, against $26,692 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What medical assistants earn in New Jersey
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 20,330 employed in New Jersey. National median: $45,690.
Campuses in New Jersey, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: BranchburgCherry HillCliftonCranfordEast OrangeEatontownHackensackIselinJersey CityLawrencevilleLodiMoorestownNew BrunswickNewarkNewtonNutleyOceanParamusPatersonPiscatawayRamseyRandolphSewellSomersetToms RiverTrentonTurnersvilleUnionVinelandWashingtonWayneWest Atlantic CityWest WindsorWestamptonWoodland Park
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essex County College | Newark | Public | 23 | $52,047 | not reported | 20% | not reported |
| UCNJ Union College of Union County, NJ | Cranford | Public | 19 | $51,721 | not reported | 35% | not reported |
| Rutgers University-New Brunswick | New Brunswick | Public | 22 | $50,695 | $15,375 | not reported | not reported |
| Eastwick College-Ramsey | Ramsey | for-profit | 57 | $44,786 | $8,984 | not reported | not reported |
| Thomas Edison State University | Trenton | Public | 28 | $36,329 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education | Piscataway | for-profit | 35 | $32,280 | $3,247 | 88% | not reported |
| Medical Career Institute | Ocean | for-profit | 4 | $29,993 | $5,339 | 100% | not reported |
| Eastwick College-Nutley | Nutley | for-profit | 46 | $28,548 | $9,195 | 57% | not reported |
| Eastwick College-Hackensack | Hackensack | for-profit | 41 | $28,252 | $8,394 | not reported | not reported |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Moorestown | Moorestown | for-profit | 95 | $26,526 | $10,299 | 54% | $44,565 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Iselin | Iselin | for-profit | 89 | $26,526 | $10,299 | 54% | $42,841 |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Paramus | Paramus | for-profit | 87 | $26,526 | $10,299 | 70% | $45,670 |
| Berkeley College-Woodland Park | Woodland Park | for-profit | 50 | $26,156 | $9,500 | not reported | not reported |
| Fortis Institute-Wayne | Wayne | for-profit | 64 | $25,099 | $9,499 | 72% | $29,662 |
| Fortis Institute-Lawrenceville | Lawrenceville | for-profit | 63 | $25,099 | $9,499 | 54% | $28,702 |
| ASI Career Institute | Turnersville | for-profit | 103 | $23,435 | not reported | 99% | $15,238 |
| American Institute-Clifton | Clifton | for-profit | 196 | $22,165 | $12,149 | 57% | $25,253 |
| American Institute-Somerset | Somerset | for-profit | 91 | $22,165 | $12,149 | 56% | $25,193 |
| American Institute-Toms River | Toms River | for-profit | 85 | $22,165 | $12,149 | 55% | $24,796 |
| American Institute-Cherry Hill | Cherry Hill | for-profit | 42 | $22,165 | $12,149 | 56% | $26,431 |
| National Career Institute | East Orange | for-profit | 20 | $21,585 | $9,500 | 56% | $28,707 |
| Prism Career Institute-Cherry Hill | Cherry Hill | for-profit | 30 | $21,045 | $7,600 | 61% | $34,984 |
| Prism Career Institute-West Atlantic City | West Atlantic City | for-profit | 10 | $21,045 | $7,600 | 61% | $34,627 |
| Garden State Science and Technology Institute | Jersey City | for-profit | 68 | $16,955 | $7,215 | 33% | $30,440 |
| Advantage Career Institute | Eatontown | for-profit | 79 | not reported | $4,304 | 82% | $17,693 |
| Healthcare Training Institute | Union | for-profit | 36 | not reported | not reported | 100% | $17,989 |
| Raritan Valley Community College | Branchburg | Public | 31 | not reported | not reported | 31% | not reported |
| Hudson County Community College | Jersey City | Public | 21 | not reported | not reported | 26% | not reported |
| Felician University | Lodi | non-profit | 14 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Sussex County Community College | Newton | Public | 13 | not reported | not reported | 37% | not reported |
| Passaic County Community College | Paterson | Public | 12 | not reported | not reported | 19% | not reported |
| Mercer County Community College | West Windsor | Public | 10 | not reported | not reported | 25% | not reported |
| Ocean County Vocational-Technical School | Toms River | Public | 10 | not reported | not reported | 65% | $17,400 |
| New Community Career & Technical Institute | Newark | non-profit | 8 | not reported | $2,020 | 54% | $13,701 |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus | Sewell | Public | 6 | not reported | not reported | 39% | not reported |
| Warren County Community College | Washington | Public | 4 | not reported | not reported | 39% | not reported |
| Burlington County Institute of Technology-Adult Education | Westampton | Public | 1 | not reported | not reported | 84% | not reported |
| County College of Morris | Randolph | Public | 1 | not reported | not reported | 36% | not reported |
| Ocean County College | Toms River | Public | 1 | not reported | not reported | 42% | not reported |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus | Vineland | Public | 1 | not reported | not reported | 33% | 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.