Earn your MA diploma in as few as 9 months.
Graduates of our Medical Assisting program in South San Francisco are prepared to enter entry-level Medical Assistant roles with practical skills and professional confidence. The program combines structured classroom learning with hands-on lab training and a supervised externship, ensuring you gain experience across both clinical and administrative functions. With an emphasis on practical application, the curriculum prepares you to support patient care and daily operations in a wide range of healthcare environments, including medical offices, outpatient clinics, hospitals, and other care settings.
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The Medical Assisting curriculum at our South San Francisco campus is built around the skills and standards you’ll encounter in today’s healthcare workplaces. Our MA courses emphasize both administrative and clinical skills. We offer extensive instruction in medical terminology, medical office procedures, medical and clinical procedures, basic anatomy and physiology, and special duties common in the field.
Core Medical Assisting subjects
The South San Francisco campus offers a welcoming, student-focused learning environment designed to support your success from your first day through graduation. Set within a spacious facility spanning more than 10,000 square feet, the campus features open, light-filled classrooms, dedicated skills labs, computer centers, a campus library, and comfortable student lounge areas. Convenient on-site parking and easy access to administrative support, including admissions, financial aid, and career services, make it easier to stay focused on your goals. Located near major healthcare providers such as Kaiser Permanente and other long-term care facilities, the campus places you close to the professional environments where many graduates begin their careers.
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.
Located on the San Francisco Peninsula in San Mateo County, South San Francisco offers a dynamic setting that blends natural landmarks, everyday conveniences, and access to world-class healthcare. Known for destinations such as Sign Hill, Orange Memorial Park, and the Wind Harp, the city provides a balance of outdoor space and urban energy. The campus is conveniently situated near the Junipero Serra Freeway, making it easily accessible for students commuting from across the Peninsula and surrounding Bay Area communities. Just minutes from San Francisco and well connected by the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) system, the location supports seamless travel for school, work, and daily life. Nearby shopping, dining, and services, including Costco, Trader Joe’s, Kaiser Permanente, and popular retail centers add to the convenience.
257 Longford Drive #5
South San Francisco, CA 94080
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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.
