Application Process
Thank you for your interest in NIMAA! You'll find all the information you need to complete your application on this page. If you ever have any questions you can always contact our team directly.
Applications for Spring 2023 are now closed.
Admitted students will be notified by January 6, 2023.
Check back soon for information about appying for our Fall 2023 cohort!
NIMAA is an online program that also requires students to complete 240 hours of clinical experience at one of the many externship organizations that work with us. Students applying for the program must be located near one of our approved externship partners. We are excited to work with the following healthcare organizations to support the externship experience:
Spring 2023 Cohort:
- Colorado
- Axis Health
- Clinica Family Health
- Denver Health and Hospital Authority
- Doctors Care
- Mountain Family Health Centers
- River Valley Family Health
- Salud Family Health Centers
- San Luis Valley Health
- Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc.
- Connecticut
- Community Health Center, Inc.
- Hawaii
- Waianae Coastal Community Health Center
- Kokua Kalihi Valley
- Idaho
- Health West
- Illinois
- Chicago Family Health
- Christian Community Health Center
- Erie Family Health
- Esperanza Health Centers
- Tapestry 360 Health (formerly Heartland Health Centers)
- Near North Health
- Prime Care
- Shawnee Health Services Development Corp
- Michigan
- Honor Community Health
- Mississippi
- Coastal Family Health Center
- Montana
- Glacier Community Health Center
- SouthWest Montana Community Health Center
- North Carolina
- Kintegra Health
- Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center
- New York
- Sun River
- Oregon
- Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center
- Oregon Health and Science University
- Pennsylvania
- Centerville Clinics, Inc.
- Hamilton Health Center
- Keystone Health
- Primary Health Network
- River Valley Health
- Sto-Rox Neighborhood Health
- The Wright Center
- Wayne Memorial
- Texas
- Project Vida Health Center
- West Virginia
- Cabin Creek Health Center
Fall 2022 Cohort:
- Arizona
- Optum Care-Phoenix
- Wesley Community & Health Centers
- Colorado
- Clinica Family Health
- Denver Health and Hospital Authority
- Mountain Family Health Centers
- River Valley Family Health Center
- Salud Family Health Centers
- Valley-Wide Health Systems, Inc.
- Doctors Care
- Mental Health Center of Denver
- Connecticut
- Community Health Center, Inc.
- Hawaii
- Waianae Coast
- Illinois
- Erie Family Health Centers* This externship partner is no longer accepting applications for the Fall 2022 cohort. Please consider applying to another area partner.
- Esperanza Health Centers
- Heartland Health Centers
- Shawnee Health Services Development Corp
- Sparta Community Health
- Heartland Health System
- Prime Care Health
- Christian Community Health Center
- Hamdard Community Health
- Indiana
- HealthLinc, Inc.
- Mississippi
- Coastal Family Health Center
- Montana
- Glacier Community Health Center
- Northwest Community Health Center
- SouthWest Montana CHC
- New York
- Sun River
- North Carolina
- Kintegra Family Medicine
- Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center
- Pennsylvania
- Centerville Clinics Inc
- Hamilton Health Center
- Primary Health Network
- The Wright Center
- Delaware Valley Community Health
- Wayne Memorial Community Health Centers
Spring 2022 Cohort:
- Arizona
- Optum Care-Phoenix
- Wesley Community & Health Centers
- Colorado
- Centura Health
- Clinica Family Health
- Denver Health and Hospital Authority
- River Valley Family Health Center
- Salud Family Health Centers
- San Luis Valley Health
- Connecticut
- Community Health Center, Inc.
- Middlesex Health/MHS
- Hawaii
- Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Health Services
- Waianae Coast Community Health Center
- Idaho
- Health West Inc
- Valley Family Health Center
- Illinois
- Chicago Family Health
- Erie Family Health Centers
- Heartland Health Centers
- Shawnee Health Services Development Corp.
- Montana
- Northwest Community Health Center
- SouthWest Montana CHC
- New York
- Sun River Health
- North Carolina
- Roanoke Chowan Community Health Center
- Kintegra Health
- Oregon
- Virginia Garcia Memorial
- Valley Family Health Center
- Pennsylvania
- Primary Health Network
- Centerville Clinics Inc.
- Hamilton Health Center
- Multi-Cultural Health Eval Delivery System
- Wayne Memorial Community Health Center
- The Wright Center
The NIMAA medical assistant program is designed to be affordable.
We offer multiple payment options for the program, including online and check. For more information about tuition and fees, click here. Please contact us at [email protected] for more information.
NIMAA was recently approved to participate in the Federal Student Aid (Title IV) program. Click here for more information.
Minimum requirements to apply to NIMAA are:
- Proof of a high school diploma, GED or equivalent (an official translation by a qualified agency of a foreign transcript demonstrating U.S. HS diploma/GED equivalency is required)*
- Literacy in written and spoken English, with additional bilingual requirements at some externship sites
- Minimum age of 18 years old by the date of graduation
- Residence in a state where NIMAA offers its program
*If you have the required qualifications but do not have access to appropriate documentation due to extenuating circumstances, please contact NIMAA Admissions at [email protected] to discuss.
These are the steps in the application process:
- Complete the online NIMAA application. You don't have to finish it all at once. You will make an account and can save your progress as you go.
- Pay the non-refundable $25 application fee. Your application will not be considered until the fee is paid.
- Have a video interview with a NIMAA representative.
- Select applicants will participate in an externship interview or second interview with a NIMAA representative.
If you successfully complete the four steps above, your application will be submitted for review by the Admissions Committee. From there, you will either receive one of the following via email:
- Offer of admissions
- Offer of placement on the admissions waitlist
- Rejection
Selection for the program is based on the NIMAA Admissions Committee’s review of all aspects of your application, including the following:
- Writing samples demonstrating a desire to pursue a career as a medical assistant
- An interview with a member of the NIMAA Admissions team
- An in-person interview with an official NIMAA externship organization partner
- A background check (see background check criteria here)
If you have been accepted to NIMAA, congratulations! The next step is to complete the enrollment process. You will be required to do the following:
- Formally accept your offer of admissions
- Provide proof of required immunizations
- Provide proof of your high school diploma or GED
- Provide proof of age
- Provide ID showing residency in your state
- Sign a form consenting to NIMAA completing a background check and successfully pass that background check (see background check requirements here)
- Plan for how you will pay for the program and make your payment installments according to the published payment schedule
- Read and review the NIMAA Catalog and sign a Catalog Acknowledgement
- Sign the Enrollment Agreement, which is the contract between you and NIMAA
For those applicants who are offered a place on the NIMAA waitlist:
- You will need to confirm that you wish to be placed on the waitlist.
- NIMAA will remain in contact with you regarding your status on a regular basis prior to program start.