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Medical assistant programs in Kentucky
Kentucky has 25 accredited campuses awarding medical assistant credentials. If you finish and work as a medical assistant in Kentucky, expect to start around $32,950–$36,560 and reach a median of $39,270 with experience; the top quarter earn $45,940 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Kentucky). Graduates of these Kentucky programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $26,570 in their first year, against $26,692 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.
What medical assistants earn in Kentucky
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 13,440 employed in Kentucky. National median: $45,690.
Campuses in Kentucky, ranked by what their graduates earned
Cities: AshlandBowling GreenCumberlandErlangerFlorenceHazardHendersonHopkinsvilleLexingtonLouisvilleMadisonvilleMaysvilleNewportOwensboroPaducahPikevilleRichmondSomerset
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset Community College | Somerset | Public | 42 | $49,045 | not reported | 43% | not reported |
| Madisonville Community College | Madisonville | Public | 33 | $37,529 | $7,500 | 49% | not reported |
| Jefferson Community and Technical College | Louisville | Public | 51 | $33,691 | $12,461 | 36% | not reported |
| Sullivan University | Louisville | for-profit | 5 | $31,289 | $10,926 | not reported | not reported |
| Ross College-Hopkinsville | Hopkinsville | for-profit | 51 | $28,790 | $9,500 | 61% | $24,563 |
| MedQuest College | Louisville | for-profit | 137 | $26,570 | $9,115 | 59% | $26,014 |
| Medical Career & Technical College | Richmond | for-profit | 46 | $25,400 | $5,000 | 56% | $34,280 |
| ATA College | Louisville | for-profit | 7 | $24,887 | $13,583 | 46% | not reported |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Erlanger | Erlanger | for-profit | 21 | $23,956 | $9,500 | 60% | $24,532 |
| American National University-Pikeville | Pikeville | for-profit | 19 | $23,234 | $23,265 | not reported | not reported |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Bowling Green | Bowling Green | for-profit | 29 | $22,744 | $9,500 | 74% | $24,658 |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Owensboro | Owensboro | for-profit | 10 | $21,623 | $9,500 | 61% | $24,616 |
| Brighton Center's Center for Employment Training | Newport | non-profit | 15 | $20,242 | not reported | 27% | $19,998 |
| Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College | Cumberland | Public | 139 | not reported | $7,793 | 47% | not reported |
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College | Lexington | Public | 56 | not reported | $16,360 | 43% | not reported |
| Owensboro Community and Technical College | Owensboro | Public | 56 | not reported | not reported | 54% | not reported |
| Maysville Community and Technical College | Maysville | Public | 42 | not reported | not reported | 57% | not reported |
| Gateway Community and Technical College | Florence | Public | 41 | not reported | not reported | 59% | not reported |
| Hopkinsville Community College | Hopkinsville | Public | 34 | not reported | not reported | 45% | not reported |
| Ashland Community and Technical College | Ashland | Public | 29 | not reported | not reported | 51% | not reported |
| Henderson Community College | Henderson | Public | 25 | not reported | not reported | 35% | not reported |
| Hazard Community and Technical College | Hazard | Public | 15 | not reported | not reported | 48% | not reported |
| West Kentucky Community and Technical College | Paducah | Public | 10 | not reported | not reported | 50% | not reported |
| Employment Solutions-College for Technical Education | Lexington | non-profit | 4 | not reported | not reported | 63% | $26,784 |
| Federal Medical Center - Lexington | Lexington | — | — | 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.