2025 Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools in California

Medical Office Assistant/Specialist is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #503 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 837 degrees in medical office assistant/specialist annually.

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Choosing a Great Medical Office Assistant/Specialist School

Your choice of medical office assistant/specialist school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for medical office assistant/specialist schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Medical Office Assistant/Specialist in California

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the medical office assistant/specialist degree levels they offer.

Top California Schools in Medical Office Assistant/Specialist

1

Platt College - Los Angeles
Alhambra, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

1st Most Popular In CA

It is hard to beat Platt College - Los Angeles if you wish to pursue a degree in medical office assistant/specialist. Platt College - Los Angeles is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the suburb of Alhambra.

There were about 8 medical office assistant/specialist students who graduated with this degree at Platt College - Los Angeles in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

Platt College - Riverside
Riverside, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

2nd Most Popular In CA

8.7% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in medical office assistant/specialist needs to check out Platt College - Riverside. Platt College - Riverside is a fairly small private for-profit college located in the city of Riverside.

There were about 23 medical office assistant/specialist students who graduated with this degree at Platt College - Riverside in the most recent year we have data available.

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Bachelors Degree Type

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3

Platt College - Anaheim
Anaheim, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

4th Most Popular In CA

30.8% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat Platt College - Anaheim if you wish to pursue a degree in medical office assistant/specialist. Located in the large city of Anaheim, Platt College - Anaheim is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

There were approximately 13 medical office assistant/specialist students who graduated with this degree at Platt College - Anaheim in the most recent data year.

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Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Medical Office Assistant/Specialist Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	831	3

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Rankings in Majors Related to Medical Office Assistant/Specialist

Medical Office Assistant/Specialist is one of 23 different types of Health & Medical Administrative Services programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Medical Office Assistant/Specialist

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Health Care Management	1,887
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	1,120
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary	992
Medical Insurance Specialist/Medical Biller	869
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	429
Hospital & Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	207
Health Information Management	110
Medical Reception/Receptionist	66
Medical Office Management/Administration	65
Other Health & Medical Administrative Services	44

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.