Career Training Path › Medical assistant programs › Nevada
Medical assistant programs in Nevada
Nevada has 11 accredited campuses awarding medical assistant credentials. If you finish and work as a medical assistant in Nevada, expect to start around $37,400–$38,270 and reach a median of $45,200 with experience; the top quarter earn $47,330 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Nevada). Graduates of these Nevada programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $26,339 in their first year, against $26,692 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What medical assistants earn in Nevada
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 7,760 employed in Nevada. National median: $45,690.
Campuses in Nevada, ranked by what their graduates earned
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrington College-Las Vegas | Las Vegas | for-profit | 128 | $48,828 | $8,958 | 59% | $47,617 |
| Pima Medical Institute-Las Vegas | Las Vegas | for-profit | 150 | $36,019 | $8,890 | 57% | $27,603 |
| Career College of Northern Nevada | Sparks | for-profit | 24 | $29,067 | $14,318 | not reported | not reported |
| Carrington College-Reno | Reno | for-profit | 31 | $27,369 | $9,359 | 42% | $55,567 |
| Northwest Career College | Las Vegas | for-profit | 411 | $25,778 | $9,500 | 68% | $24,702 |
| Las Vegas College | Las Vegas | for-profit | 51 | $24,161 | $8,102 | not reported | not reported |
| Milan Institute-Sparks | Sparks | for-profit | 14 | $22,778 | $8,082 | 62% | $25,731 |
| Nevada Career Institute | Las Vegas | for-profit | 61 | $22,520 | $9,319 | 55% | $44,982 |
| Milan Institute-Las Vegas | Las Vegas | for-profit | 11 | $22,036 | $9,235 | 58% | $26,375 |
| United Education Institute-Las Vegas | Las Vegas | for-profit | 201 | $20,561 | $9,500 | 53% | $36,709 |
| College of Southern Nevada | Las Vegas | Public | 5 | 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.