Augusta, Georgia

Helms College Medical Assistant Certificate

CertificatePrivate nonprofit

What Medical Assistant Programs Does Helms College Offer?

Helms College in Augusta, Georgia offers one medical assisting program: Medical Assistant, taught on campus. It comes to $15,923 total. It runs 52 weeks.

Medical Assistant at Helms College

Inside Helms College's Certificate

Length
12 months
Schedule
Day and evening
Also covers
phlebotomy; EKG; billing and coding
Certification
CMA certification exam preparation included
Tuition (school's wording)
$15,923 total cost for the Multi-Skilled Medical Assistant Diploma: tuition $14,317, books and supplies $986, uniforms, student kit, credentialing exam, drug screen, background check and immunizationsSource: helms.edu, reviewed October 12, 2026.
Published total
$15,923The school's own program total.
Outcomes the school publishes
93% job placement in field within 6 months of graduation

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

How Helms College Compares

  • Medical Assistant costs $15,923, against a median of $8,930 across 426 priced certificate programs on this site.
  • Medical Assistant runs 52 weeks; the median for certificate programs is 39 weeks.

Medical assistants in Georgia earn a median of $41,600 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), against $45,690 nationally.

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Is Helms College's Medical Assistant Program Accredited?

Helms 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 Helms College

Award levelAwards, 2022-23
Certificates under one year20

Federal completions data (IPEDS, CIP 51.0801) count 20 medical assisting awards conferred by Helms College in 2022-23, 521st of 951 schools on this site. These are credentials awarded, not graduates or job outcomes.

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Helms College Medical Assisting: Common Questions

Is Helms College's Medical Assistant Program Accredited?

Helms 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 Helms College's Medical Assistant Certificate Cost?

Medical Assistant: $15,923 total cost for the Multi-Skilled Medical Assistant Diploma: tuition $14,317, books and supplies $986, uniforms, student kit, credentialing exam, drug screen, background check and immunizations.

How Long Is Helms College's Medical Assistant Certificate?

Medical Assistant: 12 months.

Which Certification Exams Does Helms College Prepare You For?

Medical Assistant names the CMA (AAMA). CMA (AAMA) eligibility through the standard route requires a CAAHEP- or ABHES-accredited program.

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Sources

  1. helms.edu: Medical Assistant 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, Georgia

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