Medical Assistant Program at Tarrant County College District-Trinity River Campus

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

TCC’s Medical Assistant Certificate in Fort Worth is highly rated (4.5) and affordable ($2,960), offering fast, CAAHEP-accredited training with an 87.30% exam passage rate.

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 TCC video to help you quickly evaluate whether this program is the right choice for your healthcare career.

CMA AAMA: Medical Assistant Program Overview at TCC

Tarrant County College (TCC) offers a vital and high-demand Medical Assistant program at the Trinity River Campus East in Fort Worth. This is a Certificate Level 1 program requiring 40 semester credit hours, designed to quickly prepare graduates for employment in the healthcare field. As a selective admission program, prospective students must first be accepted to TCC and then meet specific criteria for the Medical Assistant application. For specific curriculum details, contact Program Director Miguel Gonzalez.

Program Curriculum & Skills

Students gain marketable skills, including critical thinking and teamwork, enabling them to perform a broad range of duties such as administrative tasks like scheduling patients and managing finances, alongside crucial clinical activities:

• Taking patient vital signs
• Assisting physicians with exams
• Maintaining electronic medical records

Accreditation and Program Outcomes

TCC is proud of its strong program outcomes, reflecting the quality of its CAAHEP-accredited training.

• Cumulative job placement rate: 76.81 percent
• Cumulative exam passage rate: 87.30 percent

This program holds Initial Accreditation status since September 17, 2021, and is approved for Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) benefits.

Cost and Clinical Requirements

The program is accessible, with total in-state, in-county tuition and fees for the 2025–2026 academic year estimated at $2,960 (not including books).

A key consideration for students is the clinical placement requirement: although TCC does not mandate the COVID-19 vaccine, many local clinical partners do. This factor could limit practicum opportunities for unvaccinated students and potentially impact graduation timelines.

TCC’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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