Saint George, Utah

Dixie Technical College Medical Assistant Certificate

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What Medical Assistant Programs Does Dixie Technical College Offer?

Dixie Technical College in Saint George, Utah offers one medical assisting program: Medical Assistant (Dixie Technical College Certificate), taught hybrid. It comes to $3,706 total. It runs 43 weeks.

Medical Assistant (Dixie Technical College Certificate) at Dixie Technical College

Inside Dixie Technical College's Certificate

Length
10 months plus 180 hours of externship
Hours or credits
28 credit hours
Schedule
Evening
Externship
180-hour externship in a medical office
Also covers
phlebotomy; EKG; pharmacology; insurance billing
Certification
NHA Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) NHA Phlebotomy Technician NHA EKG Technician NHA Medical Front Office Assistant
Admission
High school diploma, GED or college degree; Accuplacer 245 in math, reading and writing (or ACT/SAT/college equivalents); photo ID
Tuition (school's wording)
$3,706 total tuition and course fees ($2,940 tuition, $766 course fees); book bundle $500 and CCMA exam $169 extraSource: dixietech.edu, reviewed October 12, 2026.
Published total
$3,706The school's own program total.
Outcomes the school publishes
Completion rate 91%, placement rate 90%

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

How Dixie Technical College Compares

  • Medical Assistant (Dixie Technical College Certificate) costs $3,706, against a median of $8,930 across 426 priced certificate programs on this site.
  • Medical Assistant (Dixie Technical College Certificate) runs 43 weeks; the median for certificate programs is 39 weeks.

Medical assistants in Utah earn a median of $45,360 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), against $45,690 nationally.

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Is Dixie Technical College's Medical Assistant Program Accredited?

Dixie Technical College's medical assisting certificate 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. Accredited medical assistant programs.

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

Medical Assisting Awards at Dixie Technical College

Award levelAwards, 2022-23
Certificates of one to two years32

Federal completions data (IPEDS, CIP 51.0801) count 32 medical assisting awards conferred by Dixie Technical College in 2022-23, 374th 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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Dixie Technical College Medical Assisting: Common Questions

Is Dixie Technical College's Medical Assistant Program Accredited?

Dixie Technical College's medical assisting certificate 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. Accredited medical assistant programs.

How Much Does Dixie Technical College's Medical Assistant Certificate Cost?

Medical Assistant (Dixie Technical College Certificate): $3,706 total tuition and course fees ($2,940 tuition, $766 course fees); book bundle $500 and CCMA exam $169 extra.

How Long Is Dixie Technical College's Medical Assistant Certificate?

Medical Assistant (Dixie Technical College Certificate): 10 months plus 180 hours of externship (28 credit hours).

Does Dixie Technical College Include an Externship?

Yes. Medical Assistant (Dixie Technical College Certificate): 180-hour externship in a medical office.

Which Certification Exams Does Dixie Technical College Prepare You For?

Medical Assistant (Dixie Technical College Certificate) names the CCMA (NHA). CMA (AAMA) eligibility through the standard route requires a CAAHEP- or ABHES-accredited program.

What Do You Need to Apply to Dixie Technical College?

Medical Assistant (Dixie Technical College Certificate): High school diploma, GED or college degree; Accuplacer 245 in math, reading and writing (or ACT/SAT/college equivalents); photo ID.

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Sources

  1. dixietech.edu: Medical Assistant (Dixie Technical College Certificate) program page, reviewed October 12, 2026
  2. U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS completions 2022-23, CIP 51.0801 (medical/clinical assistant)
  3. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS May 2025: Medical Assistants, Utah

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