Medical Assistant programs in New York
77 medical assistant programs at 61 New York schools are in the federal data. Where earnings are reported (46 programs), the state median is $38,090 one year after completion, 5% above the national median of $36,193. Median borrower debt is $18,018.
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$38,090median 1-yr earnings
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| School | City | Program | Credential | Completers/yr | 1-yr earnings | Median debt | Monthly payment* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nassau Community College | Garden City, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 24 | $59,561 | $20,721 | $235 |
| Genesee Community College | Batavia, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 41 | $56,588 | $21,018 | $239 |
| CUNY LaGuardia Community College | Long Island City, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 63 | $51,078 | $11,997 | $136 |
| Suffolk County Community College | Selden, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 40 | $50,547 | $20,174 | $229 |
| Herkimer County Community College | Herkimer, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 10 | $50,520 | – | – |
| SUNY College of Technology at Canton | Canton, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 10 | $48,321 | – | – |
| Onondaga Community College | Syracuse, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 11 | $47,365 | – | – |
| New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants | Long Island City, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 22 | $44,400 | $8,614 | $98 |
| Mercy University | Dobbs Ferry, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 19 | $41,731 | $27,500 | $313 |
| Villa Maria College | Buffalo, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 15 | $40,906 | $30,500 | $347 |
| Mandl School-The College of Allied Health | New York, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 65 | $40,498 | $18,549 | $211 |
| SUNY Broome Community College | Binghamton, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 14 | $40,487 | $25,750 | $293 |
| Orange County Community College | Middletown, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 29 | $40,284 | $21,608 | $246 |
| Westchester School for Medical & Dental Assistants | Ardsley, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 34 | $39,888 | $4,803 | $55 |
| Plaza College | Forest Hills, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 28 | $39,797 | $23,036 | $262 |
| Niagara County Community College | Sanborn, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 18 | $39,552 | – | – |
| Maria College of Albany | Albany, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 30 | $39,477 | $32,279 | $367 |
| CUNY Queensborough Community College | Bayside, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 31 | $39,154 | – | – |
| Hunter Business School | Levittown, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 313 | $39,150 | $7,877 | $90 |
| Mildred Elley-New York Campus | New York, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 212 | $38,549 | $20,000 | $227 |
| Mildred Elley School-Albany Campus | Albany, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 33 | $38,549 | $20,000 | $227 |
| The College of Westchester | White Plains, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 53 | $38,471 | $18,318 | $208 |
| New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants | Long Island City, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 49 | $38,123 | $9,634 | $109 |
| Mildred Elley-New York Campus | New York, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 123 | $38,056 | $26,563 | $302 |
| Mildred Elley School-Albany Campus | Albany, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 9 | $38,056 | $26,563 | $302 |
| Access Careers | Hempstead, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 64 | $37,792 | $6,063 | $69 |
| Access Careers-Islandia | Islandia, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 27 | $37,792 | $6,063 | $69 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Syracuse North | Liverpool, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 41 | $37,324 | $23,600 | $268 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Greece | Rochester, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 33 | $37,324 | $23,600 | $268 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Albany | Albany, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 21 | $37,324 | $23,600 | $268 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 73 | $37,324 | $23,600 | $268 |
| Allen School-Jamaica | Jamaica, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 171 | $37,104 | $9,500 | $108 |
| Allen School-Brooklyn | Brooklyn, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 260 | $37,104 | $9,500 | $108 |
| New York Medical Career Training Center | Flushing, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 81 | $36,592 | $5,762 | $65 |
| St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens | Rego Park, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 57 | $36,430 | $17,717 | $201 |
| St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island | Staten Island, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 34 | $36,312 | $16,540 | $188 |
| Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences | New York, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | – | $36,065 | $22,188 | $252 |
| New Age Training | New York, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 279 | $35,649 | $8,325 | $95 |
| Jamestown Community College | Jamestown, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 18 | $35,187 | $14,250 | $162 |
| CUNY Bronx Community College | Bronx, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 18 | $33,978 | – | – |
| Alliance Computing Solutions | Flushing, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 7 | $33,893 | – | – |
| Ace Institute of Technology | New York, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 83 | $32,340 | $9,500 | $108 |
| Monroe University | Bronx, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 48 | $31,009 | $14,907 | $169 |
| Onondaga Cortland Madison BOCES | Liverpool, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 16 | $30,366 | $8,233 | $94 |
| Swedish Institute a College of Health Sciences | New York, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 68 | $29,592 | $13,000 | $148 |
| Manhattan School of Computer Technology | Brooklyn, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 61 | $29,204 | $4,333 | $49 |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Albany | Albany, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 1 | not reported | – | – |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo | Buffalo, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | – | not reported | – | – |
| Cayuga County Community College | Auburn, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 3 | not reported | – | – |
| Columbia-Greene Community College | Hudson, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 3 | not reported | – | – |
| College of Staten Island CUNY | Staten Island, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| CUNY Hostos Community College | Bronx, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| CUNY Kingsborough Community College | Brooklyn, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 14 | not reported | – | – |
| CUNY Queensborough Community College | Bayside, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| Erie Community College | Buffalo, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 1 | not reported | – | – |
| Erie Community College | Buffalo, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 21 | not reported | – | – |
| Hudson Valley Community College | Troy, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| Mandl School-The College of Allied Health | New York, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 4 | not reported | – | – |
| Mohawk Valley Community College | Utica, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| Mohawk Valley Community College | Utica, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| Monroe Community College | Rochester, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| Nassau Community College | Garden City, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| Onondaga Community College | Syracuse, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | – | not reported | – | – |
| Rockland Community College | Suffern, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 17 | not reported | – | – |
| Sullivan County Community College | Loch Sheldrake, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 5 | not reported | – | – |
| Sullivan County Community College | Loch Sheldrake, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 2 | not reported | – | – |
| SUNY College of Technology at Alfred | Alfred, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| Touro University | New York, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | – | not reported | $10,000 | $114 |
| Trocaire College | Buffalo, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 1 | not reported | – | – |
| Utica University | Utica, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| The College of Westchester | White Plains, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| SUNY Westchester Community College | Valhalla, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| SUNY Westchester Community College | Valhalla, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| Center for Instruction Technology & Innovation | Mexico, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 3 | not reported | – | – |
| Center for Allied Health Education | Brooklyn, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | – | not reported | – | – |
| Career School of NY | Staten Island, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Certificate | 0 | not reported | – | – |
| New York Medical Career Training Center | Flushing, NY | Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | Associate degree | – | not reported | – | – |
*Scorecard's estimated monthly payment on the median debt over 10 years. “Not reported” means the Department suppressed or did not publish the figure.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Field of Study and Institution files (release dated 10/15/2026). Earnings are median annual earnings of completers working and not enrolled one year after finishing; debt is median federal loan debt of borrowers; both describe past cohorts and small programs are suppressed by the Department. See our methodology.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best-paying medical assistant program in New York?
By reported one-year earnings, Nassau Community College leads at $59,561 in the associate degree program, but compare cost and local jobs too.
How many medical assistant programs are in New York?
The Scorecard lists 77 certificate or associate programs in this field at 61 schools in New York.