2025 Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Florida

Medical/Clinical Assistant is of the hottest associate degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #21 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Florida ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 398 associate degrees in medical/clinical assistant to qualified students.

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. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Associate Degree Schools in Florida list to help you make the college decision.

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

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant.

Top Florida Schools for an Associate in Medical/Clinical Assistant

1

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale
Fort Lauderdale, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

337 Annual Graduates

Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant. Located in the medium-sized city of Fort Lauderdale, Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale

2

Florida State College at Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

6 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant needs to check out Florida State College at Jacksonville. FSCJ is a fairly large public college located in the city of Jacksonville.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Florida State College at Jacksonville

3

Florida National University - Main Campus
Hialeah, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Florida National University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant. Located in the suburb of Hialeah, Florida National University - Main Campus is a private for-profit university with a small student population.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Florida National University - Main Campus

4

Eastern Florida State College
Melbourne, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

Eastern Florida State College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in medical/clinical assistant. EFSC is a large public college located in the small city of Melbourne.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Eastern Florida State College

5

Palm Beach State College
Lake Worth, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Palm Beach State College is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Lake Worth.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Palm Beach State College

6

Southern Technical College
Orlando, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Located in the suburb of Orlando, Southern Technical College is a private for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a associate in medical/clinical assistant from Southern Technical College

Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Medical/Clinical Assistant Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	19
North Carolina	231	388
Georgia	217	110
West Virginia	180	183
Tennessee	170	106
Arkansas	161	14
Virginia	158	553
Kentucky	129	109
Louisiana	124	94
Alabama	109	113
South Carolina	105	2

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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.

Majors Similar to Medical/Clinical Assistant

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Physical Therapy Assistant	562
Occupational Therapist Assistant	305
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	271

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.