Anaheim, California

North-West College-Anaheim Medical Assistant Diploma

DiplomaPrivate for-profit

What Medical Assistant Programs Does North-West College-Anaheim Offer?

North-West College-Anaheim in Anaheim, California offers one medical assisting program: Medical Assistant (Diploma), taught on campus and hybrid. It comes to $19,995 total. It runs 40 weeks.

Medical Assistant (Diploma) at North-West College-Anaheim

Inside North-West College-Anaheim's Diploma

Length
40 weeks
Hours or credits
788 course hours (940 total hours with outside preparation); 28 semester credits
Externship
180-hour clinical internship (MA170)
Also covers
venipuncture; EKG; insurance billing and coding (CPT, ICD-10); injections; CPR certification
Tuition (school's wording)
$19,995 total program charges (tuition $19,525, books and supplies $370, registration $100), 2026 catalog2026. Source: nw.edu, reviewed October 12, 2026.
Published total
$19,995The school's own program total.

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

How North-West College-Anaheim Compares

  • Medical Assistant (Diploma) costs $19,995, against a median of $17,215 across 304 priced diploma programs on this site.
  • Medical Assistant (Diploma) runs 40 weeks; the median for diploma programs is 40 weeks.

Medical assistants in California earn a median of $49,660 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), against $45,690 nationally.

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Is North-West College-Anaheim's Medical Assistant Program Accredited?

North-West College-Anaheim's medical assisting diploma 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.

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Medical Assisting Awards at North-West College-Anaheim

Award levelAwards, 2022-23
Certificates of one to two years61

Federal completions data (IPEDS, CIP 51.0801) count 61 medical assisting awards conferred by North-West College-Anaheim in 2022-23, 212th 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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North-West College-Anaheim Medical Assisting: Common Questions

Is North-West College-Anaheim's Medical Assistant Program Accredited?

North-West College-Anaheim's medical assisting diploma 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 North-West College-Anaheim's Medical Assistant Diploma Cost?

Medical Assistant (Diploma): $19,995 total program charges (tuition $19,525, books and supplies $370, registration $100), 2026 catalog.

How Long Is North-West College-Anaheim's Medical Assistant Diploma?

Medical Assistant (Diploma): 40 weeks (788 course hours (940 total hours with outside preparation); 28 semester credits).

Does North-West College-Anaheim Include an Externship?

Yes. Medical Assistant (Diploma): 180-hour clinical internship (MA170).

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Sources

  1. nw.edu: Medical Assistant (Diploma) 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, California

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