Decatur, Illinois

Richland Community College Medical Assistant Certificate

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What Medical Assistant Programs Does Richland Community College Offer?

Richland Community College in Decatur, Illinois offers one medical assisting program: Medical Assisting Certificate. It comes to $9,501 total. It runs 40 weeks.

Medical Assisting Certificate at Richland Community College

Inside Richland Community College's Certificate

Length
1 year or less
Certification
Prepares for a national medical assistant certification exam
Tuition (school's wording)
$9,501.23 total estimated program cost: admission costs, tuition and fees, course fees, books for three semesters, and uniformsSource: richland.edu, reviewed October 12, 2026.
Published total
$9,501The school's own program total.

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

How Richland Community College Compares

  • Medical Assisting Certificate costs $9,501, against a median of $8,930 across 426 priced certificate programs on this site.
  • Medical Assisting Certificate runs 40 weeks; the median for certificate programs is 39 weeks.

Medical assistants in Illinois earn a median of $46,090 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), against $45,690 nationally.

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Is Richland Community College's Medical Assistant Program Accredited?

Richland Community 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 Richland Community College

Award levelAwards, 2022-23
Certificates of one to two years4

Federal completions data (IPEDS, CIP 51.0801) count 4 medical assisting awards conferred by Richland Community College in 2022-23, 883rd of 951 schools on this site. These are credentials awarded, not graduates or job outcomes.

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Richland Community College Medical Assisting: Common Questions

Is Richland Community College's Medical Assistant Program Accredited?

Richland Community 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 Richland Community College's Medical Assistant Certificate Cost?

Medical Assisting Certificate: $9,501.23 total estimated program cost: admission costs, tuition and fees, course fees, books for three semesters, and uniforms.

How Long Is Richland Community College's Medical Assistant Certificate?

Medical Assisting Certificate: 1 year or less.

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Sources

  1. richland.edu: Medical Assisting 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, Illinois

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