Memphis, Tennessee

Concorde Career College-Memphis Medical Assistant Programs

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What Medical Assistant Programs Does Concorde Career College-Memphis Offer?

Concorde Career College-Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee offers 2 medical assisting programs (diploma and associate degree), taught hybrid. The lowest-cost option, Medical Assistant (Diploma), comes to $19,254 total. Programs run 39 weeks and 69 weeks.

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2 Medical Assistant Programs at Concorde Career College-Memphis

Concorde Career College-Memphis's Programs Side by Side

ProgramCredentialFormatLengthExternshipCost
Medical Assistant (Diploma), Concorde Career College-MemphisDiplomaHybrid39 weeksIncluded$19,254published total, 2026
Medical Assisting (Associate of Applied Science), Concorde Career College-MemphisAssociate degreeHybrid69 weeksIncluded$34,014published total, 2026

Blank cells: the school's pages don't give that figure.

Medical Assistant (Diploma): The Details

Length
32 instructional weeks; as few as 9 months full time
Hours or credits
800 contact hours; 35 semester credits
Externship
230 externship hours across Externship I and II
Also covers
phlebotomy (venipuncture); EKG; medication administration (injections)
Start dates
Monthly (rolling admissions)
Admission
Approved application; high school diploma or GED; Wonderlic/ORA assessment; financial aid meeting and personal funding plan
Tuition (school's wording)
$19,254 total program cost (tuition $18,288, textbooks/digital content $666, technology fee $300), effective 03/24/20262026. Source: concorde.edu, reviewed October 12, 2026.
Published total
$19,254The school's own program total.

Medical Assistant (Diploma) at Concorde Career College-Memphis: full program profileConcorde Career College-Memphis diploma page on concorde.edu ↗

Medical Assisting (Associate of Applied Science): The Details

Length
As few as 16 months
Hours or credits
1,205 contact hours; 62 semester credits (35-credit diploma block transfer plus online general education)
Externship
230 externship hours across Externship I and II (within the diploma block)
Also covers
phlebotomy (venipuncture); EKG; medication administration (injections)
Start dates
Monthly (rolling admissions)
Admission
Approved application; high school diploma or GED; Wonderlic/ORA assessment; financial aid meeting and personal funding plan
Tuition (school's wording)
$34,014 total program cost (tuition $32,814, textbooks/digital content $750, technology fee $450), effective 03/24/20262026. Source: memphis-portland-southaven-catalogs.concorde.edu, reviewed October 12, 2026.
Published total
$34,014The school's own program total.

Medical Assisting (Associate of Applied Science) at Concorde Career College-Memphis: full program profileConcorde Career College-Memphis associate degree page on memphis-portland-southaven-catalogs.concorde.edu ↗

From Concorde Career College-Memphis's own program, admissions and tuition pages, reviewed October 12, 2026. Tuition changes each year; confirm fees with the school.

How Concorde Career College-Memphis Compares

  • Medical Assistant (Diploma) costs $19,254, against a median of $17,215 across 304 priced diploma programs on this site.
  • Medical Assistant (Diploma) runs 39 weeks; the median for diploma programs is 40 weeks.
  • Medical Assisting (Associate of Applied Science) costs $34,014, against a median of $12,661 across 137 priced associate degree programs on this site.
  • Medical Assisting (Associate of Applied Science) runs 69 weeks; the median for associate degree programs is 78 weeks.

Medical assistants in Tennessee earn a median of $39,570 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), against $45,690 nationally.

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Is Concorde Career College-Memphis's Medical Assistant Program Accredited?

Concorde Career College-Memphis's medical assisting programs aren'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. Accredited medical assistant programs.

What CAAHEP or ABHES accreditation means for the CMA (AAMA)

Medical Assisting Awards at Concorde Career College-Memphis

Award levelAwards, 2022-23
Certificates of one to two years279
Associate degrees7

Federal completions data (IPEDS, CIP 51.0801) count 286 medical assisting awards conferred by Concorde Career College-Memphis in 2022-23, 22nd of 951 schools on this site. These are credentials awarded, not graduates or job outcomes, and chains report each campus separately.

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Concorde Career College-Memphis Medical Assisting: Common Questions

Is Concorde Career College-Memphis's Medical Assistant Program Accredited?

Concorde Career College-Memphis's medical assisting programs aren'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. Accredited medical assistant programs.

How Much Does Concorde Career College-Memphis's Medical Assistant Program Cost?

Medical Assistant (Diploma): $19,254 total program cost (tuition $18,288, textbooks/digital content $666, technology fee $300), effective 03/24/2026. Medical Assisting (Associate of Applied Science): $34,014 total program cost (tuition $32,814, textbooks/digital content $750, technology fee $450), effective 03/24/2026.

How Long Is Concorde Career College-Memphis's Medical Assistant Program?

Medical Assistant (Diploma): 32 instructional weeks; as few as 9 months full time (800 contact hours; 35 semester credits). Medical Assisting (Associate of Applied Science): As few as 16 months (1,205 contact hours; 62 semester credits (35-credit diploma block transfer plus online general education)).

Does Concorde Career College-Memphis Include an Externship?

Yes. Medical Assistant (Diploma): 230 externship hours across Externship I and II. Medical Assisting (Associate of Applied Science): 230 externship hours across Externship I and II (within the diploma block).

What Do You Need to Apply to Concorde Career College-Memphis?

Medical Assistant (Diploma): Approved application; high school diploma or GED; Wonderlic/ORA assessment; financial aid meeting and personal funding plan. Medical Assisting (Associate of Applied Science): Approved application; high school diploma or GED; Wonderlic/ORA assessment; financial aid meeting and personal funding plan.

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Sources

  1. concorde.edu: Medical Assistant (Diploma) program page, reviewed October 12, 2026
  2. memphis-portland-southaven-catalogs.concorde.edu: Medical Assisting (Associate of Applied Science) program page, reviewed October 12, 2026
  3. U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS completions 2022-23, CIP 51.0801 (medical/clinical assistant)
  4. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025: Medical Assistants, Tennessee

Every program on this site was checked on the school's own website in October 2026. Accreditation comes only from the CAAHEP and ABHES directories (captured October 12, 2026), never from a school's own wording, and school size from U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS) completions. Sponsored listings are labeled as ads and never change which programs we list or how we rank them. How we verify programs