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Medical Assisting Diploma - On-Campus and Online Courses | Rasmussen University
Health Sciences
Medical Assisting
Diploma
Next Start Dates
July 06, 2026
October 05, 2026
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12 months
finish in as few as
1
10
ABHES
accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
2
CMA or RMA
certification exam prep with Medical Assisting Diploma
3
Start Your Journey with a Medical Assisting Program
If you’ve got a mind for medicine and a heart for healing, our hands-on Medical Assisting Diploma program will help you quickly start a pathway into allied health education programs. Our Medical Assisting program is accredited by the
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES)
at select campuses.
2
As a Medical Assisting student, you’ll learn direct patient care and office administrative skills to help you be career-ready in as few as 12 months.
1
Employers recognize that our students are professional, confident, patient and well-prepared from day one.
Not only will you develop specific skills as a medical assistant, but also employer-valued transferable skills, or soft skills, that will help you flourish in any role: critical thinking, digital fluency, information literacy, communication, and ethics and professional responsibility.
Upon successful completion of our Medical Assisting program, you can be assured that you’ll have the necessary skills you need for your career and to sit for an in-demand medical assistants certification examination, such as CMA or RMA, among others.
3
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Medical Assisting Inspire Grant for Up to $4,000
Now is the perfect time to start your Medical Assisting Diploma—eligible new students who start their program between May 10, 2023, and April 6, 2026, could save up to $4,000 with the Medical Assisting Inspire Grant.
4
That means if you complete the four self-directed assessments, you could complete your Diploma program for under $11,800 and continue on your journey to becoming a certified medical assistant.
5
What Medical Assistant Skills Will I Gain?
Direct Patient Care and Administrative Responsibilities
Prepare to safely work and interact with patients directly, assist physicians with patient care in a variety of in-office procedures, and perform administrative responsibilities.
Medical Procedures
Learn about and discuss procedures such as administering injections, obtaining patient vital signs, performing EKGs, drawing blood and assisting in minor surgical procedures.
Valuable Teamwork Experience
Gain valuable teamwork experience and professionalism. Assist physicians and other allied health workers with a variety of administrative clinical and laboratory procedures. You will help create an efficient and safe work environment.
Clinical Confidence
Develop your abilities and confidence to perform routine clinical tasks, including maintaining electronic health records, schedule and collect laboratory specimens, clinical lab testing, and safety skills in a medical setting.
Medical Assisting Student Story
Beckie wasn't sure what she wanted to do with her life, but thanks to the Medical Assisting program at Rasmussen University, she found her opportunity to help people and find a fulfilling career. Play the video to watch Beckie's full story as a student.
"I was given such a wonderful opportunity from Rasmussen to become a medical assistant. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do in life...I wanted to make a difference in people's worlds, so I became a medical assistant."
– Beckie W.
Medical Assistant Graduate and Certified Medical Assistant
Medical Assisting Graduate Beckie W
View transcript
(Scroll to see full transcript)
Beckie:
Hi everybody. My name's Beckie. I'm a certified medical assistant at the Moffitt Cancer Center. I was given such a wonderful opportunity by Rasmussen to become a medical assistant. Wasn't even sure what I wanted to do in life. I worked for a big retail giant for 15 years and not getting the personal satisfaction that I was looking for. I wanted to help people and make a difference in, you know, people's world. And I just didn't know which way to go by that. So I became a medical assistant, clearly having no idea what I was doing. But now, five years later, here I am—a medical assistant, helping people, touching lives, one patient at a time. It just brings me such joy and happiness, and we get to be on their journey with them as they fight their way battling cancer. And it just, it's amazing to be a part of their journey. And at Rasmussen, makes it so much easier for you to become a medical assistant, to having organized classes, the one-on-one structure, the field trips that you get to take to see different places where you can really touch a life and touch a patient's life. I wish each one of you a wonderful journey on your new career. Good luck to each and every one of you. And medical assisting is the way to go!
Turn Your Medical Assisting Education Into a Career
We’ve made advancing your education and preparing to become a registered or certified medical assistant even easier by offering a program that fits into a busy working schedule.
When you’re ready to further your education, you can seamlessly transfer your Medical Assisting Diploma credits toward a Healthcare Associate’s degree specializing in Medical Assisting, or a Health Sciences degree if you live in Illinois, which you can earn in as few as nine months.
1
In fact, 23% of Medical Assistant grads continued on for additional education at Rasmussen University.
6
Medical Assisting
Start your Medical Assisting Diploma if:
You’re interested in pursuing a fulfilling career as a medical assistant. After graduation, you can pursue national certified medical assistant examinations with foundational knowledge about allied health education programs. Also ideal for students interested in the opportunity to advance their education toward an Associate’s degree with a medical assistant specialty upon successful completion of the Diploma program.
Medical Assistants Certification Examination:
Our Medical Assisting Diploma program will help you prepare for the Certified Medical Assistant or Registered Medical Assistant certification exams.
3
Plus, the fee for the first attempt at each exam is included in the total program cost.
7
You may also qualify to register and sit for additional certification exams that can open doors in your career (exams fees not included and some may require additional education or work):
8
RPT (Registered Phlebotomy Technician) through the American Medical Technologist (AMT)
CPT (Certified Phlebotomy Technician) through the National Healthcareer Association (NHA)
CMAA (Certified Medical Administrative Assistant) through the NHA
CET (Certified EKG Technician) through the NHA
CEHRS (Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist) through the NHA
As a Medical Assistant student, you can also participate in additional certificate/training courses:
ECG (Electrocardiogram) Certificate through the AMT
POCT (Point-of-Care Testing), help get reliable testing results for prompt patient treatment, through the AMT
Immunization Certification through the AMT
Medical Assisting Diploma Common Careers:
Medical Assistant
Medical Office Administrative Assistant
Projected Job Growth:
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the projected job growth potential between 2023 and 2033 for medical assistants is 15%, which is faster than average.
9
Take the Next Step—Talk to Us!
Estimate Your Tuition
Estimate Your Tuition
Rasmussen University is committed to making education more affordable for all students. Our tuition estimating tool can help you visualize the cost of your degree and see what savings opportunities are available to help you achieve it.
Estimate Your Tuition
Estimate Your Tuition
Tuition Estimator
View transcript
(Scroll to see full transcript)
Rasmussen University believes in helping you make your education as affordable as possible.
Our interactive tuition estimator is designed to help you discover how much you could save on a degree from Rasmussen University.
Simply enter your ZIP code, select the program and credential you're interested in, and click “next”.
Right away, you can see the total estimated cost of your selected degree.
As you engage with the tool, you may see this number start to go down.
You also have the option to see how attending full-time or part-time could impact your tuition—and what your tuition estimate looks like, broken down by quarter.
The tuition estimator walks you through a number of ways you could reduce your overall tuition.
Click the tabs or the “back” and “next” buttons to move through the tool.
Within each tab, answer the question shown as accurately as you can, by interacting with the slider, select menu or radio buttons shown.
You might not feel totally confident in all of your answers. That's okay. This tool is just generating an estimate of how much your degree might cost.
The last tab of the tool shows you your results, including how much you could potentially save on your Rasmussen degree.
Remember, the numbers shown here are just estimates, and the true cost of your degree will vary.
Talk with an admissions representative for more information about how to make your Rasmussen degree as affordable as possible.
School of Health Sciences Blog
What Do Medical Assistants Do?
Take a look at four important realms of healthcare—hospital, clinical, private practice and ambulatory—in which medical assistants play a vital role to see if this career could be the right path for you.
Read more
Completion time is dependent on transfer credits accepted and the number of courses completed each term.
The Medical Assisting Diploma program at the Aurora/Naperville (with an ABHES approved separate education center in Mokena/Tinley Park), Rockford, and Romeoville/Joliet campuses in Illinois; the Fort Myers, Ocala, Central Pasco, and Tampa/Brandon campuses in Florida; and the Bloomington, Eagan, Hennepin/Anoka and Mankato campuses in Minnesota are accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education School (ABHES).
ABHES
®
is a registered trademark of Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES)
6116 Executive Blvd., Suite 730
North Bethesda, MD 20852
301-291-7550
Additional accreditation details >
Graduates of our programmatically-accredited programs can sit for the CMA or RMA exam. Visit the
accreditation page
for full details regarding programmatic accreditation.
Students who enroll in the Rasmussen University Medical Assisting Diploma program and begin their program on or after May 10, 2023, and prior to April 5, 2027, may be eligible for the following toward their degree at Rasmussen University:
A grant worth up to $4,000 to be equally divided quarterly throughout an eligible student’s first four (4) quarters in the Medical Assisting Diploma program.
Students will be billed at the standard tuition rate plus applicable fees before the grant is applied. Student is responsible for all applicable book fees.
The maximum amount of the Grant is $1,000 per quarter, up to $4,000 total.
Eligibility will be verified by the Admissions/Financial Aid Office before the grant is awarded.
Additional Terms and Conditions:
Student must maintain continuous enrollment to remain eligible. A student who withdraws and re-enrolls may no longer be eligible for the grant. Students who previously received the Medical Assisting Inspire Grant are not eligible for the Medical Assisting Inspire Grant a second time.
All entrance and acceptance requirements for the University must be met.
Grants are non-transferable, and no substitution or cash equivalent/refund is allowed.
Students with tuition rates at or lower than $260 per credit for full-time rates and $330 per credit for part-time rates are not eligible for any grants or scholarships offered by the University with the following exceptions.
Students who start the Healthcare Certificate, Medical Assisting Diploma, or Healthcare/Health Sciences Associates with a Medical Assisting Specialization programs on or after May 8, 2024, may be eligible for institutional grants regardless of program or course tuition rate provided they meet all other applicable terms and conditions for the grants.
The Medical Assisting Inspire Grant may not be combined with any other grants or scholarships offered through Rasmussen University.
Students who previously received the Alumni Grant, Alumni Achievement Grant, or Medical Assisting Diploma Wellness Grant are not eligible for the Medical Assisting Inspire Grant.
Employees of APEI and American Public University System, Inc. and their family members are not eligible for this grant.
Rasmussen University reserves the right to add, discontinue or amend scholarship and grant programs at its discretion. Any student currently receiving scholarship or grant funds at the time of the amendment will be notified.
Corporate Alliance Grant students remain eligible for the Start Strong Savings (promo code for no cost Self-directed Assessments).
Grant value cannot exceed tuition cost.
Estimated tuition and fees breakdown for full or part-time students:
$331 per credit x 51 credits = $16,881 + $3,950 total fees = $20,831 estimated tuition and fees
$4,000 Medical Assisting Inspire Grant + $5,038 from Self-Directed Assessments (14 credits x $331 per credit + $800 in course technology + $200 in books - $596 in SDA fees) = $9,038 total saving
$20,831 estimated tuition and fees - $9,038 total savings = $11,793 estimated tuition and fees
2020Q1 Laddering Analysis, collected January 2020.
The application fee for each qualified student’s first exam attempt is included in the total tuition and fees. Should you need to take the exam more than once to receive a passing score, you will be responsible for all subsequent exam application fees. Contact an admissions representative to determine the best exam option for you.
Certification guidelines and qualifications may vary depending on the state.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Medical Assistants Specialists at
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/medical-assistants.htm
(visited November 26, 2024). Employment conditions in your area may vary.
Depending on a student's transfer credits, a student may enroll earlier to begin general education classes before the program start date. Speak to an admissions representative for more details.
Health Sciences
Medical Assisting
Diploma
Next Start Dates
July 06, 2026
October 05, 2026
Request Information
Apply Now
12 months
finish in as few as
1
10
ABHES
accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
2
CMA or RMA
certification exam prep with Medical Assisting Diploma
3
Start Your Journey with a Medical Assisting Program
If you’ve got a mind for medicine and a heart for healing, our hands-on Medical Assisting Diploma program will help you quickly start a pathway into allied health education programs. Our Medical Assisting program is accredited by the
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES)
at select campuses.
2
As a Medical Assisting student, you’ll learn direct patient care and office administrative skills to help you be career-ready in as few as 12 months.
1
Employers recognize that our students are professional, confident, patient and well-prepared from day one.
Not only will you develop specific skills as a medical assistant, but also employer-valued transferable skills, or soft skills, that will help you flourish in any role: critical thinking, digital fluency, information literacy, communication, and ethics and professional responsibility.
Upon successful completion of our Medical Assisting program, you can be assured that you’ll have the necessary skills you need for your career and to sit for an in-demand medical assistants certification examination, such as CMA or RMA, among others.
3
Request Information
On This Page:
Medical Assisting Inspire Grant for Up to $4,000
Now is the perfect time to start your Medical Assisting Diploma—eligible new students who start their program between May 10, 2023, and April 6, 2026, could save up to $4,000 with the Medical Assisting Inspire Grant.
4
That means if you complete the four self-directed assessments, you could complete your Diploma program for under $11,800 and continue on your journey to becoming a certified medical assistant.
5
What Medical Assistant Skills Will I Gain?
Direct Patient Care and Administrative Responsibilities
Prepare to safely work and interact with patients directly, assist physicians with patient care in a variety of in-office procedures, and perform administrative responsibilities.
Medical Procedures
Learn about and discuss procedures such as administering injections, obtaining patient vital signs, performing EKGs, drawing blood and assisting in minor surgical procedures.
Valuable Teamwork Experience
Gain valuable teamwork experience and professionalism. Assist physicians and other allied health workers with a variety of administrative clinical and laboratory procedures. You will help create an efficient and safe work environment.
Clinical Confidence
Develop your abilities and confidence to perform routine clinical tasks, including maintaining electronic health records, schedule and collect laboratory specimens, clinical lab testing, and safety skills in a medical setting.
Medical Assisting Student Story
Beckie wasn't sure what she wanted to do with her life, but thanks to the Medical Assisting program at Rasmussen University, she found her opportunity to help people and find a fulfilling career. Play the video to watch Beckie's full story as a student.
"I was given such a wonderful opportunity from Rasmussen to become a medical assistant. I wasn't sure what I wanted to do in life...I wanted to make a difference in people's worlds, so I became a medical assistant."
– Beckie W.
Medical Assistant Graduate and Certified Medical Assistant
Medical Assisting Graduate Beckie W
View transcript
(Scroll to see full transcript)
Beckie:
Hi everybody. My name's Beckie. I'm a certified medical assistant at the Moffitt Cancer Center. I was given such a wonderful opportunity by Rasmussen to become a medical assistant. Wasn't even sure what I wanted to do in life. I worked for a big retail giant for 15 years and not getting the personal satisfaction that I was looking for. I wanted to help people and make a difference in, you know, people's world. And I just didn't know which way to go by that. So I became a medical assistant, clearly having no idea what I was doing. But now, five years later, here I am—a medical assistant, helping people, touching lives, one patient at a time. It just brings me such joy and happiness, and we get to be on their journey with them as they fight their way battling cancer. And it just, it's amazing to be a part of their journey. And at Rasmussen, makes it so much easier for you to become a medical assistant, to having organized classes, the one-on-one structure, the field trips that you get to take to see different places where you can really touch a life and touch a patient's life. I wish each one of you a wonderful journey on your new career. Good luck to each and every one of you. And medical assisting is the way to go!
Turn Your Medical Assisting Education Into a Career
We’ve made advancing your education and preparing to become a registered or certified medical assistant even easier by offering a program that fits into a busy working schedule.
When you’re ready to further your education, you can seamlessly transfer your Medical Assisting Diploma credits toward a Healthcare Associate’s degree specializing in Medical Assisting, or a Health Sciences degree if you live in Illinois, which you can earn in as few as nine months.
1
In fact, 23% of Medical Assistant grads continued on for additional education at Rasmussen University.
6
Medical Assisting
Start your Medical Assisting Diploma if:
You’re interested in pursuing a fulfilling career as a medical assistant. After graduation, you can pursue national certified medical assistant examinations with foundational knowledge about allied health education programs. Also ideal for students interested in the opportunity to advance their education toward an Associate’s degree with a medical assistant specialty upon successful completion of the Diploma program.
Medical Assistants Certification Examination:
Our Medical Assisting Diploma program will help you prepare for the Certified Medical Assistant or Registered Medical Assistant certification exams.
3
Plus, the fee for the first attempt at each exam is included in the total program cost.
7
You may also qualify to register and sit for additional certification exams that can open doors in your career (exams fees not included and some may require additional education or work):
8
RPT (Registered Phlebotomy Technician) through the American Medical Technologist (AMT)
CPT (Certified Phlebotomy Technician) through the National Healthcareer Association (NHA)
CMAA (Certified Medical Administrative Assistant) through the NHA
CET (Certified EKG Technician) through the NHA
CEHRS (Certified Electronic Health Records Specialist) through the NHA
As a Medical Assistant student, you can also participate in additional certificate/training courses:
ECG (Electrocardiogram) Certificate through the AMT
POCT (Point-of-Care Testing), help get reliable testing results for prompt patient treatment, through the AMT
Immunization Certification through the AMT
Medical Assisting Diploma Common Careers:
Medical Assistant
Medical Office Administrative Assistant
Projected Job Growth:
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the projected job growth potential between 2023 and 2033 for medical assistants is 15%, which is faster than average.
9
Take the Next Step—Talk to Us!
Estimate Your Tuition
Estimate Your Tuition
Rasmussen University is committed to making education more affordable for all students. Our tuition estimating tool can help you visualize the cost of your degree and see what savings opportunities are available to help you achieve it.
Estimate Your Tuition
Estimate Your Tuition
Tuition Estimator
View transcript
(Scroll to see full transcript)
Rasmussen University believes in helping you make your education as affordable as possible.
Our interactive tuition estimator is designed to help you discover how much you could save on a degree from Rasmussen University.
Simply enter your ZIP code, select the program and credential you're interested in, and click “next”.
Right away, you can see the total estimated cost of your selected degree.
As you engage with the tool, you may see this number start to go down.
You also have the option to see how attending full-time or part-time could impact your tuition—and what your tuition estimate looks like, broken down by quarter.
The tuition estimator walks you through a number of ways you could reduce your overall tuition.
Click the tabs or the “back” and “next” buttons to move through the tool.
Within each tab, answer the question shown as accurately as you can, by interacting with the slider, select menu or radio buttons shown.
You might not feel totally confident in all of your answers. That's okay. This tool is just generating an estimate of how much your degree might cost.
The last tab of the tool shows you your results, including how much you could potentially save on your Rasmussen degree.
Remember, the numbers shown here are just estimates, and the true cost of your degree will vary.
Talk with an admissions representative for more information about how to make your Rasmussen degree as affordable as possible.
School of Health Sciences Blog
What Do Medical Assistants Do?
Take a look at four important realms of healthcare—hospital, clinical, private practice and ambulatory—in which medical assistants play a vital role to see if this career could be the right path for you.
Read more
Completion time is dependent on transfer credits accepted and the number of courses completed each term.
The Medical Assisting Diploma program at the Aurora/Naperville (with an ABHES approved separate education center in Mokena/Tinley Park), Rockford, and Romeoville/Joliet campuses in Illinois; the Fort Myers, Ocala, Central Pasco, and Tampa/Brandon campuses in Florida; and the Bloomington, Eagan, Hennepin/Anoka and Mankato campuses in Minnesota are accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education School (ABHES).
ABHES
®
is a registered trademark of Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools
Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES)
6116 Executive Blvd., Suite 730
North Bethesda, MD 20852
301-291-7550
Additional accreditation details >
Graduates of our programmatically-accredited programs can sit for the CMA or RMA exam. Visit the
accreditation page
for full details regarding programmatic accreditation.
Students who enroll in the Rasmussen University Medical Assisting Diploma program and begin their program on or after May 10, 2023, and prior to April 5, 2027, may be eligible for the following toward their degree at Rasmussen University:
A grant worth up to $4,000 to be equally divided quarterly throughout an eligible student’s first four (4) quarters in the Medical Assisting Diploma program.
Students will be billed at the standard tuition rate plus applicable fees before the grant is applied. Student is responsible for all applicable book fees.
The maximum amount of the Grant is $1,000 per quarter, up to $4,000 total.
Eligibility will be verified by the Admissions/Financial Aid Office before the grant is awarded.
Additional Terms and Conditions:
Student must maintain continuous enrollment to remain eligible. A student who withdraws and re-enrolls may no longer be eligible for the grant. Students who previously received the Medical Assisting Inspire Grant are not eligible for the Medical Assisting Inspire Grant a second time.
All entrance and acceptance requirements for the University must be met.
Grants are non-transferable, and no substitution or cash equivalent/refund is allowed.
Students with tuition rates at or lower than $260 per credit for full-time rates and $330 per credit for part-time rates are not eligible for any grants or scholarships offered by the University with the following exceptions.
Students who start the Healthcare Certificate, Medical Assisting Diploma, or Healthcare/Health Sciences Associates with a Medical Assisting Specialization programs on or after May 8, 2024, may be eligible for institutional grants regardless of program or course tuition rate provided they meet all other applicable terms and conditions for the grants.
The Medical Assisting Inspire Grant may not be combined with any other grants or scholarships offered through Rasmussen University.
Students who previously received the Alumni Grant, Alumni Achievement Grant, or Medical Assisting Diploma Wellness Grant are not eligible for the Medical Assisting Inspire Grant.
Employees of APEI and American Public University System, Inc. and their family members are not eligible for this grant.
Rasmussen University reserves the right to add, discontinue or amend scholarship and grant programs at its discretion. Any student currently receiving scholarship or grant funds at the time of the amendment will be notified.
Corporate Alliance Grant students remain eligible for the Start Strong Savings (promo code for no cost Self-directed Assessments).
Grant value cannot exceed tuition cost.
Estimated tuition and fees breakdown for full or part-time students:
$331 per credit x 51 credits = $16,881 + $3,950 total fees = $20,831 estimated tuition and fees
$4,000 Medical Assisting Inspire Grant + $5,038 from Self-Directed Assessments (14 credits x $331 per credit + $800 in course technology + $200 in books - $596 in SDA fees) = $9,038 total saving
$20,831 estimated tuition and fees - $9,038 total savings = $11,793 estimated tuition and fees
2020Q1 Laddering Analysis, collected January 2020.
The application fee for each qualified student’s first exam attempt is included in the total tuition and fees. Should you need to take the exam more than once to receive a passing score, you will be responsible for all subsequent exam application fees. Contact an admissions representative to determine the best exam option for you.
Certification guidelines and qualifications may vary depending on the state.
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Medical Assistants Specialists at
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/medical-assistants.htm
(visited November 26, 2024). Employment conditions in your area may vary.
Depending on a student's transfer credits, a student may enroll earlier to begin general education classes before the program start date. Speak to an admissions representative for more details.