California Healing Arts College · Carson, California

Medical Assistant Diploma at California Healing Arts College

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What Should You Know About Medical Assistant Diploma at California Healing Arts College?

Medical Assistant Diploma is a medical assisting diploma at California Healing Arts College in Carson, California, offered hybrid. It takes 36 weeks (800 clock hours). Externship: 240-hour externship at an affiliated site (final two modules). Cost: $17,950 total.

Researched and edited by Taylor Rupe · Updated October 12, 2026

Cost: $17,950published total, 2026-27
Length: 36 wk36 weeks
Hours: 800clock hours
Externship: 240 hours

Phlebotomy
EKG
Billing and coding

How Medical Assistant Diploma Works

Credential: Diploma
Format: Hybrid
Schedule: Day and evening
Length: 36 weeks
Hours or credits: 800 clock hours
Externship: 240-hour externship at an affiliated site (final two modules)
Also covers: EKG; phlebotomy; medical billing and coding
Start dates: New modules about every 4 weeks

What California Healing Arts College's Medical Assisting Diploma Costs

Tuition (school's wording): $17,950 total charges including tuition, registration, books, supplies kit and uniforms (2026-2027 catalog)2026-27. Source: chac.edu, reviewed October 12, 2026.
Published total: $17,950The school's own program total. Books, uniforms and exam fees may be extra.

Work out what the California Healing Arts College diploma costs you after aid

From chac.edu, reviewed October 12, 2026. Check start dates, deadlines and current tuition with the school before you apply.

How Medical Assistant Diploma Compares

Its published total of $17,950 is above the median of $17,215 across 304 priced diploma programs on this site (173rd lowest).
At 36 weeks it is shorter than the 40-week median for diploma programs.
Its 240-hour externship compares with a median of 180 hours among diploma programs that state hours.

Is Medical Assistant Diploma at California Healing Arts College Accredited?

It isn't on the CAAHEP or ABHES lists captured October 12, 2026. Graduates can still sit the RMA (AMT), CCMA (NHA) or NCMA (NCCT) exams, which accept other education routes.

Besides core clinical and front-office skills, the program's course list covers phlebotomy, EKG and billing and coding.

How the CMA, RMA, CCMA and NCMA exams differ

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