✔️ Page Updated: December 26th, 2025 | Current for 2026, learn more about our data 🛈
For students in the Aurora area seeking a quick career entry, Waubonsee Community College’s Medical Assistant Certificate boasts a remarkable 97% job placement rate and can be completed in just one year.
This page provides up-to-date program costs, graduation and employment data, accreditation details, contact information, and interactive resources – including a Google map, student reviews, and official WCC video – to help you quickly evaluate whether WCC is the right medical assisting school for you.
CMA AAMA: Medical Assistant Program Overview at WCC
The Medical Assistant Certificate of Achievement program at Waubonsee Community College (WCC) offers a strong and quick path into the high-demand healthcare sector right here in the Aurora area. Housed at the Aurora Fox Valley Campus (2060 Ogden Avenue), this program is nationally accredited by MAERB and has maintained continuous accreditation since 2003.
Designed for completion in just one intensive academic year (three semesters), this certificate prepares students to become licensed professionals in Illinois. Graduates are highly successful in securing employment, demonstrated by the program’s remarkable five-year average job placement rate of 97% (2019 to 2023). WCC’s curriculum thoroughly covers administrative, clinical, and laboratory skills, from scheduling and billing to taking vital signs and performing lab tests.
A key benefit is the hands-on training via externships arranged with respected local institutions, including Advocate Dreyer Medical Clinic, Rush Medical Group, and Northwestern Medicine, ensuring a practical transition into a career. The career outlook is promising, with strong industry growth and median annual earnings in the mid-$40,000s.
Potential students should note that enrollment requires a special admissions application; applications for the next cohort are due by June 1, 2026. For more details, Program Director Lisa Giese can be reached at lgiese@waubonsee.edu or 630-870-3909.
WCC’s Medical Assistant Program Data
⭐ Google Rating: 4.3
💲 Program Cost: N/A
🎓 Graduation Rate: 97.00%
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Physical Address
2060 Ogden Avenue
Aurora, IL 60504
Phone Number: 630-870-3909
Website Address: waubonsee.edu
Program Contact: lgiese@waubonsee.edu
CMA Program Director: Lisa Giese CMA (AAMA), AS
Program Accreditation: CAAHEP
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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