MEDICAL ASSISTANT SCHOOLS IN MARYLAND — Federal Data, September 2026
Medical Assistant Schools in Maryland, Ranked On What Graduates Owe And Earn
6 accredited institutions in Maryland report enough federal data on this program to be compared. They are ranked here on a single measure: how many months of gross pay it takes a graduate to cover the median debt.
See The RankingU.S. Department of Education data. No school paid to be listed.
Across the 6 ranked programs in Maryland, the median graduate needs 4.7 months of gross pay to cover a median federal debt of $14,310, against median earnings of $31,122 one year after completion.
That is faster than the national median of 4.9 months for this field, measured across the 840 institutions in our national medical assistant schools ranking. The best performer in the state is Fortis College-Landover in Landover, at 4.1 months.
Every figure on this page is recalculated on Maryland institutions only. Nothing is carried over from the national page.
At A Glance
What the federal data says about medical assistant schools in Maryland
The Ranking
6 medical assistant schools in Maryland, ranked by months of gross pay to cover the debt
Lower is better.
| # | School | Type | Award | Months | Debt | Earnings | Completion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fortis College-LandoverLandover, MD | for-profit | Certificate | 4.1 | $9,500 | $27,871 | 47% |
| 2 | Carroll Community CollegeWestminster, MD | Public | Associate | 4.4 | $18,445 | $49,776 | 39% |
| 3 | Fortis Institute-TowsonTowson, MD | for-profit | Certificate | 4.5 | $10,263 | $27,198 | 44% |
| 4 | All-State Career-BaltimoreBaltimore, MD | for-profit | Certificate | 4.9 | $9,500 | $23,420 | 60% |
| 5 | Wor-Wic Community CollegeSalisbury, MD | Public | Associate | 5.9 | $20,000 | $40,345 | 27% |
| 6 | Allegany College of MarylandCumberland, MD | Public | Associate | 6.4 | $18,357 | $34,372 | 40% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Cohorts by Field of Study and by Institution (published 9 June 2026). Debt is the median federal Stafford and Grad PLUS loan debt of completers in this program; earnings are median earnings one year after completion. Where a school offers the program at both certificate and associate level, the shorter payback is shown. Completion is the institution’s published rate, not the program’s.
The Top Five, In Detail
The five fastest payback programs in Maryland, one by one
Fortis College-Landover
Landover, MD
Fortis College-Landover is a private for-profit institution in Landover. Its medical assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,500 and report median earnings of $27,871 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.1 months of gross pay: the fastest payback in the state, and 0.6 months faster than the Maryland state median of 4.7. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 47% completion rate.
Carroll Community College
Westminster, MD
Carroll Community College is a public institution in Westminster. Its medical assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $18,445 and report median earnings of $49,776 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.4 months of gross pay: the second fastest in the state, and 0.3 months faster than the Maryland state median of 4.7. The award measured here is an associate degree. The institution reports a 39% completion rate.
Fortis Institute-Towson
Towson, MD
Fortis Institute-Towson is a private for-profit institution in Towson. Its medical assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $10,263 and report median earnings of $27,198 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.5 months of gross pay: the third fastest in the state, and right on the Maryland state median of 4.7. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 44% completion rate.
All-State Career-Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
All-State Career-Baltimore is a private for-profit institution in Baltimore. Its medical assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $9,500 and report median earnings of $23,420 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 4.9 months of gross pay: fourth in the state, and right on the Maryland state median of 4.7. The award measured here is a certificate. The institution reports a 60% completion rate.
Wor-Wic Community College
Salisbury, MD
Wor-Wic Community College is a public institution in Salisbury. Its medical assisting graduates leave with a median federal debt of $20,000 and report median earnings of $40,345 a year after completing, so the debt is covered by 5.9 months of gross pay: fifth in the state, and 1.2 months slower than the Maryland state median of 4.7. The award measured here is an associate degree. The institution reports a 27% completion rate.
Read It Carefully
What this ranking does not measure
Absence from this page is not a verdict. The Department of Education suppresses figures for programs with small cohorts, so a small, excellent school will often have no publishable data at all. Schools that enroll no students on federal aid are outside this dataset entirely.
The measure is a ratio, not a repayment plan, and it counts federal loan debt only. Cash payments, private loans and employer sponsorship are invisible here. Local wages shape earnings as much as the school does, which is exactly why comparing inside one state, as this page does, is more informative than comparing across the country.
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