Earn Your Medical Assisting Diploma in as few as 9 months
At Unitek College in Reno, the Medical Assisting program delivers career-focused education for your future success, preparing you to step confidently into hands-on roles in outpatient healthcare environments. This program helps you answer the call to help others by blending clinical skill development with essential administrative training. Through real-world learning and supportive instruction, you’ll be equipped to effectively support both patients and providers, building the confidence, competence, and purpose to begin making an impact.
Follow these simple steps to start your path toward training to become a Medical Assistant.
Our Medical Assisting courses are designed to develop a strong foundation in both administrative and clinical competencies essential to modern healthcare settings. You’ll gain experience in medical office operations, patient care procedures, and the specialized responsibilities commonly performed by Medical Assistants. The curriculum also supports long-term professional growth and exam readiness. By devoting 20 hours each week in classes, you can quickly complete the 595-hours of required classroom instruction before starting your externship. The supervised externship provides practical experience in physicians’ offices, hospitals, or other healthcare facilities. While certification is not required to graduate, many students choose to pursue credentials such as the NCCT National Certified Medical Assistant (NCMA) or the American Medical Technologists (AMT) Registered Medical Assistant (RMA). For those interested, faculty provide guidance and support throughout the certification process.
Core Medical Assisting subjects:
The San Jose campus provides a modern, student-centered learning environment designed to support your success from day one. Inside the nearly 30,000-square-foot facility, you’ll find modern classrooms, fully equipped labs, faculty and administrative offices, a campus library, and comfortable student lounge areas that encourage focused learning and collaboration. Just outside the campus, students benefit from nearby shopping centers, restaurants, residential communities, and everyday conveniences that make balancing school, work, and life more manageable. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, San Jose adds another layer of opportunity, offering a vibrant, diverse city known for innovation, cultural attractions, outdoor recreation, and a strong commitment to sustainability, making it an energizing place to learn, grow, and build your future 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.
Situated in South San Jose near Santa Teresa Boulevard and Great Oaks Boulevard, the campus is conveniently located close to major routes, including Highways 101 and 85, making it easily accessible for students commuting from across the South Bay and neighboring communities. The location offers a balance of suburban comfort and urban connectivity, supporting students who are balancing education with work and family life. Whether you’re traveling from nearby neighborhoods or other parts of the region, the San Jose campus is positioned to help you stay focused on your education while remaining connected to everything the city has to offer.
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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.
