Texas Health School · Houston, Texas

Medical Assistant at Texas Health School

CertificateHybrid

What Should You Know About Medical Assistant at Texas Health School?

Medical Assistant is a medical assisting certificate at Texas Health School in Houston, Texas, offered hybrid. It takes 32 weeks (800 hours (315 lecture, 305 lab, 180 externship)). Externship: 180-hour externship. Cost: $16,100 total. The program names the RMA (AMT) exam.

Researched and edited by Taylor Rupe · Updated October 12, 2026

Cost: $16,100published total
Length: 32 wk32 weeks
Hours: 800clock hours
Externship: 180 hours

Pharmacology

Prepares for

RMAAMT

How Medical Assistant Works

Credential: Certificate
Format: Hybrid
Schedule: Day and evening
Length: 32 weeks
Hours or credits: 800 hours (315 lecture, 305 lab, 180 externship)
Externship: 180-hour externship
Also covers: pharmacology; injections

Admission and Certification at Texas Health School

Certification: Prepares students for the Registered Medical Assistant (RMA) certification
Outcomes the school publishes: Graduation rate 75% (2024-2025)Reported for 2024-25.

What Texas Health School's Medical Assisting Certificate Costs

Tuition (school's wording): Program tuition $16,100 including all books; additional fees include registration, laboratory $450, technology $500 and national certification $135Source: ths.edu, reviewed October 12, 2026.
Published total: $16,100The school's own program total. Books, uniforms and exam fees may be extra.

Work out what the Texas Health School certificate costs you after aid

From ths.edu, reviewed October 12, 2026. Check start dates, deadlines and current tuition with the school before you apply.

How Medical Assistant Compares

Its published total of $16,100 is above the median of $8,930 across 426 priced certificate programs on this site (283rd lowest).
At 32 weeks it is shorter than the 39-week median for certificate programs.
Its 180-hour externship compares with a median of 180 hours among certificate programs that state hours.

Is Medical Assistant at Texas Health School Accredited?

It 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.

Besides core clinical and front-office skills, the program's course list covers pharmacology.

How the CMA, RMA, CCMA and NCMA exams differ

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