Medical Assistant Schools in New Jersey

Medical assistant schools in New Jersey provide an excellent opportunity for many to train for an exciting health care career. If you're enthused about making a living helping people with their health care needs, medical assisting could be a rewarding career choice.

Many of today's health care teams value medical assistants because of the training, skills, talents and experience that medical assistants can bring to the job each day. As a medical assistant, your job responsibilities may include scheduling patients to the see the physician, answering telephones, checking patient vital signs, assisting physicians and more. Medical assistant schools typically offer programs ranging from one to two years.

In 2011, New Jersey employed 12,500 medical assistants. The state should experience a 22 percent gain in medical assistant job openings through 2018. In 2011, entry-level medical assistants earned a starting salary of $24,300. Their median annual salary for that same year was $31,200.*

• Everest Institute - South Plainfield
  
• Hudson County Community College - Jersey City
• Mercer County Vocational-Technical Schools - Trenton

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