Top Medical Transcription Schools

These online and campus-based career schools offer market-ready training in medical transcription, including preparation for the Certified Medical Transcriptionist exam. Specific course offerings, program lengths and degrees offered vary by school.

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Allied Schools – Online
The medical transcription program at Allied Schools prepares students for employment as medical transcriptionists by providing market-ready, relevant job skills and the necessary medical knowledge background. Students learn the body’s anatomy and physiology, as well as basic treatment procedures, to aid them in transcribing medical documents. This program is offered online for students nationwide.

Ashworth College – Online
The transcription diploma program at Ashworth covers topics like medical terminology, the skeletal and muscular systems, and various other body systems and their methods of treatment. The program also offers access to the school’s Career Search Guide, helping graduates find work in their chosen field. This is an online program.

US Career Institute – Online, Correspondence
This certificate program includes instruction on anatomy, physiology, medical terminology, and the basic parts of medical words, making students well prepared to understand the work they will be transcribing. The course also covers various body systems and treatments. The program is available online to students across the country.

Antonelli College – Campus
This associate of applied science degree offers students hands-on training in medical transcription, with an externship to help students gain real-life experience. The program is available to students in Mississippi, and prepares graduates for employment in hospitals, physicians’ offices, laboratories and outpatient care centers.

Brown Mackie College – Campus
The diploma program at Brown Mackie College prepares students for entry-level employment as medical transcriptionists in medical clinics, medical offices, and hospitals. The program is available to students in Ohio.

Empire College – Campus
This Northern California career college offers a broad medical transcription program that also covers medical insurance billing, as well as medical office software, medical terminology, anatomy and physiology. Courses include business English and correspondence, office procedures, insurance plans and software instruction.

Kaplan University – Online, Campus
This medical transcription associate’s degree program provides instruction in communications and mathematics, as well as medical topics like anatomy and physiology, medical law and bioethics, and human diseases. The program is available online, as well as at the school’s Davenport, IA campus.

Mountain State College – Campus
The medical transcriptionist program at Mountain State provides instruction in medical terminology, anatomy, pharmacology, human diseases, surgical procedures, diagnostic studies and laboratory tests. Graduates will be prepared to enter medical transcriptionist jobs in medical clinics, doctor's offices, hospitals, private transcription businesses and home offices. This program is available in the state of Virginia.

National College – Campus
The medical transcription diploma program at this career school focuses on terminology, office procedures, body systems and English composition, and prepares students to complete the Certified Medical Transcriptionist (CMT) exam. The program is available in Virginia, Kentucky and Tennessee.

Rasmussen College – Online, Campus
This school offers associate and diploma programs in medical transcription focusing on anatomy, physiology, terminology, medical office procedures, basic pathology and keyboarding. This program is available online, as well as in North Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin.

TechSkills – Campus
The medical transcription program at TechSkills prepares students to handle medical data, use proper medical office etiquette, and use current medical and communications knowledge to transcribe medical documents in the role of a transcriptionist. The 10-month program is available to students in North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Colorado, Indiana, Kansas, Nevada, Wisconsin, Arizona, Minnesota, Tennessee, Oklahoma, California, Florida, UTAH AND Missouri.