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Medical assistant programs in Alabama
Alabama has 22 accredited campuses awarding medical assistant credentials. If you finish and work as a medical assistant in Alabama, expect to start around $29,630–$32,390 and reach a median of $36,100 with experience; the top quarter earn $38,360 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Alabama). Graduates of these Alabama programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $27,215 in their first year, against $26,692 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What medical assistants earn in Alabama
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 13,300 employed in Alabama. National median: $45,690.
Campuses in Alabama, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: Alexander CityAndalusiaBirminghamDothanEnterpriseHancevilleHuntsvilleMobileMontgomeryMuscle ShoalsPhenix CityRainsvilleTannerWadley
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop State Community College | Mobile | Public | 17 | $45,012 | not reported | 36% | not reported |
| John C Calhoun State Community College | Tanner | Public | 15 | $41,775 | not reported | 42% | not reported |
| South University-Montgomery | Montgomery | for-profit | 21 | $39,095 | $23,000 | not reported | not reported |
| George C Wallace State Community College-Hanceville | Hanceville | Public | 105 | $36,782 | $9,771 | 51% | not reported |
| Herzing University-Birmingham | Birmingham | non-profit | 9 | $35,289 | $18,701 | not reported | not reported |
| Jefferson State Community College | Birmingham | Public | 22 | $33,883 | not reported | 26% | not reported |
| George C Wallace Community College-Dothan | Dothan | Public | 34 | $28,113 | not reported | 35% | not reported |
| Remington College-Mobile Campus | Mobile | non-profit | 35 | $26,095 | $14,120 | 42% | not reported |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Huntsville | Huntsville | for-profit | 48 | $22,744 | $9,500 | 51% | $23,774 |
| Northwest Shoals Community College | Muscle Shoals | Public | 33 | $21,522 | $20,000 | 39% | not reported |
| Fortis Institute-Birmingham | Birmingham | for-profit | 71 | $21,485 | $9,500 | 34% | not reported |
| Northeast Alabama Community College | Rainsville | Public | 99 | $21,439 | not reported | 56% | not reported |
| Fortis College | Mobile | for-profit | 67 | $20,682 | $9,474 | 49% | $25,710 |
| Fortis College-Montgomery | Montgomery | for-profit | 45 | $20,682 | $9,474 | 46% | $27,286 |
| Fortis College-Dothan | Dothan | for-profit | 52 | $19,194 | $9,500 | 61% | $25,168 |
| Southern Union State Community College | Wadley | Public | 35 | not reported | not reported | 36% | not reported |
| Chattahoochee Valley Community College | Phenix City | Public | 27 | not reported | not reported | 36% | not reported |
| Central Alabama Community College | Alexander City | Public | 11 | not reported | not reported | 33% | not reported |
| Enterprise State Community College | Enterprise | Public | 10 | not reported | not reported | 42% | not reported |
| J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College | Huntsville | Public | 9 | not reported | not reported | 14% | not reported |
| Lurleen B Wallace Community College | Andalusia | Public | 8 | not reported | not reported | 41% | not reported |
| H Councill Trenholm State Community College | Montgomery | Public | 5 | not reported | not reported | 16% | 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.