Earn your MA diploma in as few as 9 months
You don’t have to spend years in school to make a meaningful impact in healthcare. At Unitek College in Bakersfield, the Medical Assisting program delivers career-focused education for your future success, designed to help you move forward in as little as 9 months. Healthcare needs you, and this program equips you to meet that need by preparing you for the full scope of Medical Assisting responsibilities. With engaging instruction, hands-on training, and a supervised externship that delivers clinical experience and meaningful feedback, you’ll build skills in patient care, medical office operations, anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, and clinical procedures. Gain the confidence and readiness employers value with a strong emphasis on practical application. In Bakersfield, training meets purpose and opportunity.
Follow these simple steps to start your path toward training to become a Medical Assistant.
The Medical Assisting program at Unitek College in Bakersfield is designed to help you move into a healthcare career sooner, without spending years in school. In as little as 9 months, you can gain the practical skills, hands-on experience, and professional confidence needed to succeed in today’s medical settings. Our career-focused academic approach blends experienced instruction with immersive labs and hands-on training, preparing you for the wide-ranging responsibilities of a Medical Assistant. A supervised externship provides valuable on-the-job experience and personalized feedback, helping you graduate ready to contribute from day one.
Our MA courses cover many topics including:
The Bakersfield campus offers a supportive, student-centered learning environment designed to help aspiring healthcare professionals build confidence and momentum from day one. Inside the more than 10,000-square-foot facility, students benefit from modern classrooms, hands-on skills labs, computer labs, and a comfortable student lounge, along with dedicated administrative and academic support teams focused on student success. The campus’s bright, open setting, framed by sunny skies and nearby mountain views, creates an energizing place to learn and grow. Beyond campus, Bakersfield provides a welcoming community with a strong healthcare presence and an affordable, accessible lifestyle. The broader city offers a mix of cultural attractions, outdoor recreation, and local experiences, from museums and music to river rafting and open spaces, making Bakersfield an appealing place to study, work, and begin a meaningful career in healthcare.
Reinforce your hands-on training through flexible online coursework designed to support your understanding of key medical concepts and the reasoning behind clinical procedures. Using digital textbooks and interactive learning tools, you’ll complete assignments that complement your lab experience, allowing you to maximize time practicing skills on campus while maintaining the flexibility to balance school with work and personal responsibilities.
Train in hands-on environments designed to reflect real medical office settings, where classroom instruction and skills training take place in the same space so you can immediately apply what you learn. You’ll work with industry-standard equipment and task trainers, including EKG machines, phlebotomy stations, injection arms, infant manikins, wound care simulators, autoclaves, and centrifuges, helping you build confidence and develop the practical skills needed to perform essential patient care tasks in real healthcare environments.
Conveniently located near major transportation routes including Highway 99, Highway 58, and the Golden State Highway, the Bakersfield campus offers easy access for students commuting from across Kern County and surrounding communities. The campus sits near the Stockdale area and is surrounded by a variety of eateries, shopping centers, and local businesses, making it easy to balance school with everyday life. Beyond the immediate neighborhood, Bakersfield is known for its rich cultural and recreational offerings, from local museums, music venues, and a growing nightlife scene to outdoor adventures like river rafting, hiking, and open spaces.
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*These placement rates are based on program-specific and campus-specific data reported to our institutional accreditor(s) in 2024. While the figures shown here are not separately reported to our accreditor, they are derived from those outcomes. For full details by program and campus, please visit our Disclosures page.
