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Medical assistant programs in West Virginia
West Virginia has 21 accredited campuses awarding medical assistant credentials. If you finish and work as a medical assistant in West Virginia, expect to start around $30,890–$35,540 and reach a median of $37,180 with experience; the top quarter earn $41,140 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, West Virginia). Graduates of these West Virginia programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $23,657 in their first year, against $26,692 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What medical assistants earn in West Virginia
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 4,540 employed in West Virginia. National median: $45,690.
Campuses in West Virginia, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: BeaverBeckleyBluefieldBridgeportCharlestonCross LanesEleanorFairmontHuntingtonLoganMartinsburgMorgantownParkersburgSouth CharlestonWheeling
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Charleston | Charleston | non-profit university | 13 | $37,189 | $13,000 | not reported | not reported |
| Blue Ridge Community and Technical College | Martinsburg | Public technical college | 18 | $32,461 | $13,479 | 32% | not reported |
| Mountwest Community and Technical College | Huntington | Public technical college | 11 | $28,790 | $8,250 | 19% | not reported |
| Pierpont Community and Technical College | Fairmont | Public technical college | 32 | $27,352 | $13,271 | 42% | not reported |
| West Virginia Northern Community College | Wheeling | Public community college | 3 | $24,230 | not reported | 33% | not reported |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Charleston | Charleston | for-profit career school | 24 | $23,659 | $9,500 | 68% | $23,138 |
| West Virginia Junior College-Charleston | Cross Lanes | for-profit career college | 19 | $23,656 | $7,195 | 60% | not reported |
| West Virginia Junior College-Bridgeport | Bridgeport | for-profit career college | 12 | $23,656 | $7,195 | 52% | not reported |
| West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown | Morgantown | for-profit college | 72 | $23,354 | $7,395 | not reported | not reported |
| Valley College-Martinsburg | Martinsburg | for-profit college | 60 | $22,150 | $9,500 | not reported | $31,332 |
| Huntington Junior College | Huntington | non-profit career college | 5 | $21,661 | $19,395 | 25% | not reported |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown | Morgantown | for-profit career school | 23 | $21,623 | $9,500 | 69% | $25,061 |
| New River Community and Technical College | Beaver | Public technical college | 8 | $18,976 | not reported | 36% | not reported |
| Mountain State College | Parkersburg | for-profit career college | 3 | $18,751 | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Valley College-Beckley | Beckley | for-profit career college | 58 | $14,186 | $9,500 | 63% | $31,973 |
| Martinsburg College | Martinsburg | for-profit college | 189 | not reported | not reported | not reported | $17,784 |
| Putnam Career and Technical Center | Eleanor | Public technical college | 23 | not reported | not reported | 84% | $7,475 |
| Cabell County Career Technology Center | Huntington | Public technical college | 14 | not reported | not reported | 64% | $8,474 |
| Bluefield State University | Bluefield | Public university | 3 | not reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| BridgeValley Community & Technical College | South Charleston | Public technical college | 3 | not reported | not reported | 34% | not reported |
| Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College | Logan | Public technical college | 1 | not reported | not reported | 29% | 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.