2025 Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

If you pursue a associate degree in medical/clinical assistant, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #21 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for medical/clinical assistant students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 105 associate degrees in medical/clinical assistant during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Medical/Clinical Assistant School for Your Associate Degree

Your choice of medical/clinical assistant for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality medical/clinical assistant program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on medical/clinical assistant students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of medical/clinical assistant students who choose to seek a associate degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized medical/clinical assistant related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for medical/clinical assistant students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The medical/clinical assistant school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Medical/Clinical Assistant in Pennsylvania

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for an Associate in Medical/Clinical Assistant

1

Central Penn College
Summerdale, PA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant needs to check out Central Penn College. Located in the large suburb of Summerdale, Central Penn is a private for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Central Penn College

2

Delaware County Community College
Media, PA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

21 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant needs to check out Delaware County Community College. Delaware County Community College is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Media.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Delaware County Community College

3

YTI Career Institute-York
York, PA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat YTI Career Institute-York if you want to pursue an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant. Located in the suburb of York, YTI is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from YTI Career Institute-York

4

Institute of Medical Careers
Pittsburgh, PA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Institute of Medical Careers is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant. Institute of Medical Careers is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Pittsburgh.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Institute of Medical Careers

Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	429	868
New Jersey	249	79
Maryland	221	59
Delaware	96	9

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Rankings in Majors Related to Medical/Clinical Assistant

One of 14 majors within the Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services area of study, Medical/Clinical Assistant has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Medical/Clinical Assistant

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Therapy Assistant	220
Occupational Therapist Assistant	110
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	34
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant	10
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant	7
Anesthesiologist Assistant	7

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard). More about our data sources and methodologies.