First-time healthcare students, career changers, and working CNAs all find a place in California Career Institute’s Medical Assistant program. Learn how the program serves each path, plus the admission requirements every applicant needs to meet before starting the 40-week diploma.
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How CCI’s Hybrid Medical Assistant Program Fits Real Life
Online theory paired with hands-on skills labs and a supervised externship: California Career Institute’s Medical Assistant program uses a hybrid format designed for students who are working, raising families, or returning to school. Here is how the 40-week structure comes together.
Small Steps, Strong Habits, Big Goals: Keep Moving Forward
Big goals can feel overwhelming, but success rarely happens all at once. It is built through small daily choices and strong habits. This month, California Career Institute shares a reminder for every student: slow progress is still progress, and every step forward counts.
Outstanding Students: Celebrating Our 4.0 GPA Achievers
California Career Institute is proud to recognize the students who earned a 4.0 GPA this term, along with those who have maintained strong academic performance across multiple terms. Three of our Outstanding Students also share how they balance school, work, and family while staying at the top of their class.
Welcome, New MRI and Sonography Students at CCI
California Career Institute welcomed its newest MRI and Diagnostic Medical Sonography students at orientation on the Anaheim and Hawthorne campuses. Students met faculty and staff, learned what to expect from their programs, and began building connections with the classmates who will be learning right alongside them.
CCI Launches New MRI Program with Brand-New MRI Lab
California Career Institute is proud to introduce our new Associate of Applied Science in Magnetic Resonance Imaging. The program welcomed its very first students this September and is supported by a brand-new on-campus MRI lab where students train with real imaging equipment from day one.
Outstanding Students: Celebrating CCI’s 4.0 GPA Achievers
California Career Institute proudly recognizes the students who earned a 4.0 GPA this term. Plus, Outstanding Students Kenia Escaramuza and Camila Grijalva share how organization, consistency, and remembering why they started help them balance school, work, family, and life.
CCI Welcomes an Additional Cohort of New VN Students
The response to our newest Vocational Nursing cohort was so strong that California Career Institute opened an additional orientation to welcome even more students. To our new VN students: you are not doing this alone — your instructors, campus team, and classmates are here to support you.
What’s Next After VN? Explore CCI’s Online AASVN Degree
Your Vocational Nursing journey doesn’t have to stop at graduation. CCI’s Associate of Applied Science in Vocational Nursing (AASVN) program is 100% online, built for current and former VN students, and offers qualifying students a scholarship of up to $7,500 toward their degree.









