Earn your MA diploma in as few as 9 months
The Medical Assisting program in Murray is designed to equip you with the essential skills needed to succeed in both patient-facing and administrative healthcare roles. Through hands-on training and real-world instruction, you’ll develop the versatility to support providers, care for patients, and manage the daily operations of a medical office. This comprehensive approach helps you build confidence and readiness for the responsibilities you’ll encounter as a Medical Assistant.
Follow these simple steps to start your path toward training to become a Medical Assistant.
For a list of all admissions steps and requirements, please visit the college catalog.
Graduates of the Medical Assisting program in Murray are prepared to pursue the Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) certification exam offered by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA). The program’s coursework is designed to support certification readiness while also equipping you with the practical skills and professional knowledge needed to step confidently into your first role as a Medical Assistant.
Core Medical Assisting subjects:
The Eagle Gate College campus in Murray offers a supportive, student-centered learning environment designed to prepare Medical Assisting students for real-world healthcare roles. Located in a growing area just south of Salt Lake City, the campus places students close to one of Utah’s strongest healthcare corridors. Inside, students benefit from hands-on labs, immersive clinical simulations, and faculty guidance focused on skill development and confidence building. The nearby presence of major healthcare employers, including Intermountain Medical Center just minutes away, creates meaningful opportunities for exposure, externships, and future employment. Together, the campus environment and surrounding community make Murray an ideal place to begin a healthcare career.
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.
The Murray campus is conveniently located just off I-15 at Exit 300 (5300 South), making it easily accessible for students commuting from across Salt Lake County and the greater Salt Lake Valley. Its central location supports a straightforward commute while keeping students close to both urban and outdoor destinations. Downtown Salt Lake City is a short drive north, offering dining, shopping, and cultural attractions, while the nearby Cottonwood Canyons provide access to hiking, scenic views, and world-class ski resorts such as Brighton and Snowbird.
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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.
