Online and Local MT Schools To Contact

Following is a list of schools you may wish to contact. Each school is categorized by state; with location of the city or town following the name of the school. This brief directory includes campus-based as well as online/distance learning programs. Schools are located in the United States with one school listed located in Ontario Canada.

Alabama
Capps College – located in Mobile, Montgomery, and Foley
George C. Wallace Community College- Donthan
Snead State Community College – Boaz

Arizona
Central Arizona College – Superstition Mountain – Apache Junction
GateWay Community College – Phoenix

Arkansas
Arkansas Tech University – Russellville
Baptist Health School of Nursing and Allied Health – Little Rock
Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas – Division of Nursing and Allied Health – De Queen
National Park Community College – Hot Springs

California
California College for Health Sciences – National City
Central Coast College – Salinas
City College of San Francisco – San Francisco
Empire College – Santa Rosa
Orange Coast College – Costa Mesa
South Coast College – Orange
West Valley College – Health Care Technologies – Saratoga

Colorado
Intellitec Colleges – Grand Junction

Delaware
Delaware Technical and Community College – Wilmington

Florida
Atlantic Coast Institute – Fort Lauderdale
Capps College – Pensacola
Career Institute of Florida – Holiday, St. Petersburg
Edison College – Lee County – Ft. Myers
Edutech Centers – Brandon – Riverview; Clearwater
Institute of Legal and Medical Professions – Melbourne
Key College – Dania Beach
Miami Dade College – School of Allied Health Technologies – Miami
Valencia Enterprises – Orlando
Webster Institute of Technology – Tampa

Georgia
Albany Technical College – Albany

Hawaii
Med-Assist School of Hawaii – Honolulu

Illinois
Career Colleges of Chicago – Chicago
College of DuPage – Glen Ellyn
Illinois Central College – Peoria
Rasmussen College – Rockford
Rockford Business College - Rockford
Sparks College – Shelbyville

Indiana
Indiana Business College – Online
Indiana Business College – Terre Haute
TechSkills – Indianapolis

Iowa
Hawkeye Community College – Waterloo
Iowa Western Community College – Health, Biological and Sports Sciences – Council Bluffs
Kaplan University – Cedar Rapids, Davenport, Des Moines

Kansas
TechSkills – Kansas City – Lenexa
Wright Business School – Overland Park

Kentucky
Daymar College - Louisville
Spencerian College – Louisville
Spencerian College Distance Education - Online
University of Louisville – Ft. Knox, Shelby

Louisiana
American Commercial College – Shreveport
Ascension College – Gonzales
Delta College of Arts and Technology – Baton Rouge

Maine
Andover College – Portland
Beal College – Bangor
Central Maine Community College – Auburn
Northeast Technical Institute – Scarborough

Maryland
Anne Arundel Community College – School of Health Professions – Arnold
The Community College of Baltimore County – Owings Mills – Baltimore
The Community College of Baltimore County – Essex – School of Health Professions – Baltimore

Massachusetts
Mildred Elley – Pittsfield
Northeast Technical Institute – Haverhill
Northern Essex Community College – Division of Health Professions – Lawrence
RETS Technical Center – Boston

Michigan
Baker College – Auburn Hills, Cadillac, Clinton Township, Flint, Owosso, and Port Huron,
Carnegie Institute – Troy
Davenport University – School of Health Professions – Alma, Bad Axe, Caro, Grand Rapids (Fulton Street Campus)
Dorsey Schools – Madison Heights, Roseville, Southgate, and Wayne
Glen Oaks Community College – Centreville
Grand Rapids Educational Centers – Grand Rapids

Minnesota
Anoka Technical College – Anoka
Lake Superior College – Duluth
Minnesota State Community and Technical College – Fergus Falls
Northwest Technical College – Bemidji
Presentation College – Fairmont
Rasmussen College – Brooklyn Park, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Lake Elmo/Woodbury, Mankato, and St. Cloud
The Alexander Institute – Minneapolis, and St. Paul

Mississippi
Antonelli College – Hattiesburg

Missouri
Cox College of Nursing and Health Sciences – Department of Health Sciences – Springfield

Nevada
College of Southern Nevada – Las Vegas
TechSkills – Las Vegas

New Jersey

American Business Academy - Hackensack
Brookdale Community College – The SCOPE Center – Lincroft
Eastwick Colleges – Hohokus School of Business and Medical Sciences – Ramsey

New York
Hunter Business School – Levittown, and Medford
Jamestown Business College – Jamestown
Ridley-Lowell Business and Technical Institute – Binghamton (116 Front Street), and Poughkeepsie

North Carolina
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College – Asheville
Central Carolina Community College – Sanford
Haywood Community College – Clyde
Southwestern Community College – Sylva
TechSkills – Charlotte, Greensboro, and Raleigh
Western Piedmont Community College – Morganton

North Dakota
Aakers College – Bismarck, and Fargo

Ohio
Apollo Career Center – Lima
Brown Mackie College – Findlay
Columbus State Community College – Columbus
Davis College – Toledo
National Institute of Technology – Cuyahoga Falls
Professional Skills Institute – Toledo
TechSkills – Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Columbus
University of Cincinnati – Raymond Walters College – Cincinnati

Oklahoma
Tulsa Community College – Tulsa
Wright Career College – Oklahoma City and Tulsa

Ontario
TriOS College – Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Mississauga, Toronto, and Windsor

Oregon
College of Legal Arts – Portland
Lane Community College – Eugene

Pennsylvania
Allied Medical and Technical Institute – Forty Fort, and Scranton
Bidwell Training Center – Pittsburgh
Blackstone Career Institute – Emmaus
Business Institute of Pennsylvania – Sharon
Community College of Allegheny County – South Campus – West Mifflin
Computer Learning Network – Altoona, and Mechanicsburg
Douglas Education Center – Monessen
Erie Business Center, Main – Erie
Erie Business Center South – New Castle
Lehigh Carbon Community College – Schnecksville
Pennsylvania Commercial College – Washington
Tri-State Business Institute – Erie
Triangle Tech, Inc. – Greensburg Center - Greensburg

South Dakota
Mitchell Technical Institute – Mitchell
Presentation College – Aberdeen
Southeast technical Institute – Sioux Falls
Western Dakota Technical Institute – 800 Mickelson Drive – Rapid City

Tennessee
Draughons Junior College – Nashville
Tennessee Career College – Nashville
Tennessee Technology Center – Murfreesboro

Texas
American Commercial College – Abilene, Lubbock, Odessa, San Angelo, and Wichita Falls
American School of Business – Wichita Falls
Benchmark Career Institute – Tyler
Central Texas College – Killeen
El Centro College – Division of Health and Legal Studies – Dallas
Iverson Business School – Arlington
San Jacinto College – Central – Pasadena
St. Philip’s College – San Antonio
The Academy of Health Care Professions – Northwest – Houston
Tomball College – Tomball
Tyler Junior College – Tyler
Western Technical Institute – El Paso

Utah
AmeriTech College – Provo
Latter Day Saints business College – Salt Lake City
TechSkills – Salt Lake City – Murray

Virginia
ECPI Technical College – Richmond
Medical Careers Institute – Newport News
National Business College of Harrisonburg – Harrisonburg
National Business College of Lynchburg – Lynchburg

Washington
Clark College – Vancouver

West Virginia
Mountain State College – Parkersburg
West Virginia Junior College – Bridgeport, Charleston, and Morgantown

Wisconsin
Rasmussen College – Green Bay
TechSkills – Madison, and Milwaukee

You may live anywhere in the United States to contact the following correspondence schools. You’ll find information regarding each school on-line.

Correspondence Schools:
Penn-Foster
Stratford Career College

What You Should Expect from A Good On-Line School:

1. The school should teach you medical terms by instructing you as to the root of the word as well as suffixes and prefixes;
2. You should learn about the various systems of the body, in example the digestive system, nervous system, lymphatic system, circulatory system, etc.;
3. You should learn about various diseases and their processes;
4. You should receive training in order to become familiar with medical abbreviations, diagnostic tests and pharmacology;
5. You’ll need to learn the correct layout of documents;
6. You should be expected to apply what you are learning by practical application: the best schools should expect a level of competency from you before allowing you to graduate from their training program;
7. Look for schools that provide work experience and work placement assistance after course completion.

Tip: A way to find the best medical transcription schools is to seek out schools from which the national medical transcription companies are recruiting qualified MTs.

Medical Transcription eBook Contents

• Introduction to Medical Transcription

• Chapter One: Researching Courses and Training Expectations
  • Types of Reports the MT Learns to Transcribe
  • A Brief Discussion Regarding Equipment
  • What to Expect from a Physician’s Dictation
  • How to Transcribe: An Initial Primer

• Chapter Two – Medical Transcription Schools
  • Medical Transcription Classroom Training and Online Courses
  • Online and Local MT Schools To Contact

• Chapter Three Equipment
  • Medical Transcription Software
  • Resources for MT Medical Transcription
  • Medical Dictionaries
  • Medical Spellcheckers

• Medical Transcription Companies
  • More Reasons to Start your Training as an MT

• Professional Associations: Lending Credibility to your Career
  • Understanding Credentials and Designations

• Marketing Your Services to Healthcare Providers
• Related Medical Transcription Resources

Future of Medical Transcription