Morgantown, West Virginia

Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown Medical Assistant Diploma

DiplomaPrivate for-profit

What Medical Assistant Programs Does Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown Offer?

Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown in Morgantown, West Virginia offers one medical assisting program: Medical Assistant (Diploma), taught on campus and hybrid. It comes to $16,297 total. It runs 30 weeks.

Medical Assistant (Diploma) at Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown

Inside Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown's Diploma

Length
30 weeks (day) or 36 weeks (afternoon and evening)
Hours or credits
720 clock hours, 44.5 quarter credits (a 48-quarter-credit version starts November 9, 2026 at several locations)
Schedule
Day and evening
Externship
180-hour (6-week) externship at an off-site medical office or clinic
Also covers
phlebotomy; EKG; medical billing and coding; administration of medications
Certification
Ross reimburses graduates who take the RMA (AMT) exam
Admission
High school diploma, GED or recognized home-school completion; unofficial enrollment period of up to 10 classroom days
Tuition (school's wording)
$16,297 total program cost (tuition $7,995 per term for two terms plus $307 technology fee; books, lab fees and laptop technology kit included)2026-27. Source: rosseducation.edu, reviewed October 12, 2026.
Published total
$16,297The school's own program total.

From Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown's own program, admissions and tuition pages, reviewed October 12, 2026. Tuition changes each year; confirm fees with the school.

How Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown Compares

  • Medical Assistant (Diploma) costs $16,297, against a median of $17,215 across 304 priced diploma programs on this site.
  • Medical Assistant (Diploma) runs 30 weeks; the median for diploma programs is 40 weeks.

Medical assistants in West Virginia earn a median of $37,180 a year (BLS OEWS, May 2025), against $45,690 nationally.

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Is Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown's Medical Assistant Program Accredited?

Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown'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.

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

Medical Assisting Awards at Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown

Award levelAwards, 2022-23
Certificates of one to two years23

Federal completions data (IPEDS, CIP 51.0801) count 23 medical assisting awards conferred by Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown in 2022-23, 490th 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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Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown Medical Assisting: Common Questions

Is Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown's Medical Assistant Program Accredited?

Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown'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 Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown's Medical Assistant Diploma Cost?

Medical Assistant (Diploma): $16,297 total program cost (tuition $7,995 per term for two terms plus $307 technology fee; books, lab fees and laptop technology kit included) (2026-27).

How Long Is Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown's Medical Assistant Diploma?

Medical Assistant (Diploma): 30 weeks (day) or 36 weeks (afternoon and evening) (720 clock hours, 44.5 quarter credits (a 48-quarter-credit version starts November 9, 2026 at several locations)).

Does Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown Include an Externship?

Yes. Medical Assistant (Diploma): 180-hour (6-week) externship at an off-site medical office or clinic.

Which Certification Exams Does Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown Prepare You For?

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

What Do You Need to Apply to Ross Medical Education Center-Morgantown?

Medical Assistant (Diploma): High school diploma, GED or recognized home-school completion; unofficial enrollment period of up to 10 classroom days.

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Sources

  1. rosseducation.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, West Virginia

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