Medical Assistant Program at Clark State College

✔️ Page Updated: December 26th, 2025 | Current for 2026, learn more about our data 🛈

Clark State College offers an affordable, one-year Medical Assisting Certificate with exceptional outcomes, boasting a 93.62% job placement rate and a perfect 100% certification pass rate.

This page provides up-to-date program costs, graduation and employment data, accreditation details, contact information, and interactive resources such as Google Reviews, Maps, and Campus Videos.

CMA AAMA: Medical Assistant Program Overview at CSC

Clark State College offers a highly-regarded, accredited Medical Assisting Certificate program, designed to prepare students for rewarding entry-level clinical and administrative roles in local health practitioners’ offices throughout the Springfield – Leffel Lane and Xenia areas.

Program Structure

This intensive program requires 40 total credit hours and is designed to provide competency in the necessary knowledge, skills, and behaviors to enter the profession. The certificate can typically be completed in one year, and credits earned can be fully applied toward the Medical Assisting Associate Degree if you wish to continue your education.

Curriculum and Clinical Experience

The curriculum spans fall, spring, and summer semesters, covering essential topics such as:

• Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology
• Medical Terminology
• Phlebotomy
• Pharmacology for the Medical Office

Hands-on training culminates in 200 hours of unpaid, supervised Directed Practice clinical experience during the final summer semester. Prospective students must maintain a minimum 2.0 GPA across the curriculum and should note that they will be billed for liability insurance for clinical courses.

Student Success and Accessibility

Clark State’s program highlights excellent student outcomes, boasting a five-year average job placement rate of 93.62% and a perfect 100% national certification exam passage rate for 2022 graduates. Graduates are eligible to apply for the national certification process immediately.

For greater accessibility, the program is available:

• As a day option at both the Springfield and Xenia campuses.
• As a flexible part-time evening/weekend track on the Springfield campus.

For more information, please contact Program Director Kathy Harris.

CSC’s Medical Assistant Program Data

Our Data

Our Medical Assistant Program Data is carefully researched and curated from the following government and higher education organizations.

• CAAHEP (Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs) – CAAHEP is the largest programmatic accreditor for health sciences education and the official medical assisting program accreditor for the National CMA (AAMA) Certification Exam.
• IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) – A comprehensive database of U.S. colleges and universities.
• Peterson’s Database – Includes detailed college information and their Distance Learning Licensed Data Set.
• College Scorecard – A U.S. Department of Education tool offering key statistics on college costs, graduation rates, and student outcomes.
• NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) – The primary federal source for data and analysis on education in the U.S. such as cost of tuition. Our data shows average cost of tuition and fees for Public 2 year institutions per state.
• BLS (Bureau of Labor Statistics) – May 2024 Occupational Outlook Handbook Medical Assistants Data for Salary and Employment. Our data shows the mean annual salary and the total number of employed MAs per state.

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