The following medical transcription programs have been approved by the Approval Committee for Certificate Programs (ACCP), a joint committee established by AHDI and AHIMA for certifying and approving medical transcription education programs. We congratulate each of these schools for setting a standard of excellence in medical transcription education.
Approval is an ongoing process. Please check back regularly, as the list is updated quarterly.
ACCP approval is not the equivalent of a guarantee. Consumers are responsible for their own research and should speak to the schools with any questions or concerns. Funding and other noted attributes may change without notice.
Schools are listed in alphabetical order. All schools have met the standards set by the MT Education Program Approval program, and no ranking of the listed schools is implied.
**Special Note To Military Spouses**
MILITARY SPOUSE CAREER ADVANCEMENT ACCOUNT PROGRAM (MyCAA)
The U.S. Government, through the Department of Defense, has authorized you to use your "MyCAA" funds to attend any of the following ACCP-approved schools. The "MyCAA" program offers all military spouses up to $6000 to become trained in a portable career. Information is available at
https://aiportal.acc.af.mil/mycaa/default.aspx
A&H Training (www.ahtraining.com) was established in 1998 to address the growing need for well-trained and qualified MTs. In 2001, we developed a unique live, interactive, online training program expanding our student base throughout the country. Graduates of our programs are among the highest sought after employees and independent contractors by national medical transcription service organizations. Our training programs have proven to be extremely effective as verified by our 96% job placement rate. A&H has become one of the premier medical transcription career schools in the nation. Our programs are offered in several state and community colleges. Our school and instructors are licensed and our curricula are approved by the New York State Education Department.
Enrollment: SE
Funding: CAA, MSD, IL, SM, PP, WIA
Allied Medical Schools’ (www.medtranscriptioncourse.com) Medical Transcription Program utilizes cutting-edge technology combining quality on-line course materials with a curriculum designed by medical professionals. Under the leadership of a 20+ year CMT veteran, this unique MT program provides exceptional student support with quality assurance (QA) feedback supported by mapping to The Book of Style for Medical Transcription, Third Edition. Using an interactive approach, Allied Medical Schools has woven state-of-the-art anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, and laboratory medicine courses with real-world dictations from all major body systems to stimulate critical thinking skills and to emphasize integration of materials and resources into an understandable medical knowledge base. In addition to courses supporting professional practice, 30 hours of pharmacology training, RMT exam preparation, and a real-life externship with an MTSO employer will give Allied’s graduates an edge in securing employment as medical transcriptionists. Allied’s graduates will receive personal career assistance that will help lead to MT employment.
Enrollment: OE
Funding: IL, MF, SM, WIA
The Andrews School (www.andrewsschool.com) has been providing quality medical transcription education and training since 1989. With what we believe to be the best program, instructors, and advisory staff in the MT community, the Andrews School has a proven track record, graduating thousands of students who have gone on to successful MT careers. The Andrews School offers distance learning opportunities via the Internet anywhere in the country. Graduates are able to work from home after completion of the program.
Enrollment: OE
Funding: WIA, PP, SM
Career Step (www.careerstep.com) has provided comprehensive, competency-based training programs for the MT industry since 1992. Career Step's program excels in offering MT students quality training, personal support, and placement success, incorporating the latest distance education programming techniques, technology, and instructional design methodologies. Career Step enrolls students in medical transcription training directly through its website and also through partnerships with community colleges nationwide. Career Step’s online pre-employment testing service has become the most widely used job recruiting tool in the medical transcription industry.
Enrollment: OE
Funding: MSD, IL, SM, WIA, PP, MyCAA
Central Texas College (www.ctcd.edu/office_tech/index.htm) is a public, open-admission community college offering associate degrees and certificate programs in academic, professional, and vocational/technical fields. CTC is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees and certificates of completion. With its main campus in Killeen, Texas, and over 100 other locations around the world, Central Texas College has traditionally served mobile military personnel and their family members, and offers 17 degree and 13 certificate programs that are fully online. With over 25 years experience in training medical secretaries and transcriptionists in a self-paced environment, Central Texas College launched a totally new online Medical Transcription Certificate program in January 2007. This new certificate offers college level credit courses featuring the latest innovations in transcription techniques and distance learning technology. The program also provides opportunities for practical experience in partnership with real-world transcription providers.
Enrollment: SE
Funding: VA, PG, WIA, MF, PS, CAA
Dakota College at Bottineau (http://www.dakotacollege.edu) is a junior college offering 32 vocational-technical programs or options leading to certificates, diplomas, or AAS degrees. Dakota College at Bottineau is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and governed by the seven member North Dakota State Board of Higher Education. Dakota College at Bottineau was founded in 1906 and located in Bottineau, a city of 2,600 residents, and is located 14 miles from the Canadian border and is equal distance from the state’s east and west borders. Our affiliate university, Minot State University, is located just minutes from the Minot Air Force Base. The totally online Medical Transcription diploma program features the newest technology along with the latest transcription techniques. The transcription program provides skills and experience to interpret and transcribe medical dictation accurately and effectively and provides practical experience with authentic transcription providers. Dakota College at Bottineau offers distance learning opportunities via the Internet anywhere in the country in addition to traditional classroom options.
Enrollment: OE, SE
Funding: IL, MF, PG, PS, SG, WIA, CAA
Everett Community College (EvCC) (www.everettcc.edu/medtrans) offers a leading-edge medical transcription program that prepares you for competitive employment as an entry-level MT. Utilizing Career Step’s courseware augmented with supplementary material developed by a lead instructor with over 20 years of experience in the industry, our 100% distance education curriculum allows you to train from home.
In three academic quarters (nine months), you can earn 42 college credits and a Medical Transcription Certificate. The program adviser and staff are dedicated to helping you through each step of the financial aid application and/or enrollment process. Our faculty of seasoned MTs provides academic assistance coupled with personalized knowledge to help you complete weekly assignments in a Blackboard virtual classroom.
In addition, EvCC’s program is approved by the US Department of Education for Federal Student Aid, including Pell Grants and Stafford Loans.
Want to stay close and go far?
Become an MT at EvCC.
Enrollment: SE
Funding: PG, SG, IL, MF, WIA
Exact-Med/United Tribes Transcription Training (Exact-Med) (www.exactmed.com/) is unique in that it offers training in Acute Care dictation (Level 4) in an online, open enrollment, competency based type of setting. Courses begin monthly and each student will progress through the program at a pace that is comfortable for them. The benefit to students is that they remain in the program until they have reached the industry standards of 98% accuracy. At that time, the student is assisted in finding home-based employment. Employers across the country agree that Exact-Med/UTTC has a proven track record of training medical transcriptionists who are ready for the industry.
Enrollment: OE
Funding: IL, WIA, PP, MF
Lakeshore Technical College (LTC) (www.gotoltc.com/pdf/curriculum/Medical Transcriptionist.pdf) is one of the Wisconsin Technical College System colleges that provides technical education offering 89 career programs including associate degrees, technical diplomas, technical certificates and apprenticeship programs, In addition, LTC offers distance learning, customized training to business and industry, and continuing education opportunities. We serve a 200,500 resident population in east central Wisconsin along with 33 distance learning sites. The LTC Medical Transcription technical diploma and the first two semesters of the Medical Administrative Specialist/Transcriptionist associate degree provide students with the most up-to-date technology and easy access to programs, classes and services to produce competent entry-level medical transcriptionists.
Funding: MF, PG, PP, PS, WIA
Medical Transcription Education Center, Inc (M-TEC) (www.mtecinc.com) The first school awarded approval August 2005, and first 3-year renewal in 2008. With more than 12 years of training excellence and experienced (CMT) instructional staff, we believe this program offers the highest quality training for those with no prior experience or healthcare professionals making a career change. Training by body systems makes this course easy to understand and apply each competency thoroughly and efficiently. Full-time technology instruction gives students of this program the edge. Graduates have lifetime placement and career support and successfully pass the RMT exam. A strong support team and superior educational environment play a major role in the 100% placement statistics for graduates in home-based and onsite positions. Graduates are sought after by top employers, and feedback proves that this program provides distance education training at its finest throughout the U.S. and Canada. Job placement and apprenticeship are available. M-TEC supports our U.S. military with special financial options and discounts.
Enrollment: OE
Funding: CAA, IL, MSD, PP, SM, WIA
Med-Line School of Medical Transcription (MSMT) (www.medlineschool.com) was founded by transcription service owners and has offered complete training, beginning through advanced, since 1999.
Graduates are successfully placed and have the knowledge base to stay employed. Advanced students enjoy an easy-to-qualify-for paid internship program, earning a stipend that could help recoup tuition investment, and graduating with real experience to put on their resumes.
Our ongoing program development is quite unique with a focus on teaching students to strive for qualities necessary for success: Excellence in documentation, trustworthiness, and reliability. This career requires several hours of hands-on transcribing prior graduation. We have discovered that since the development of our paid internship program, students have completed training hours quicker, attained higher quality skills, and have personal satisfaction that they have chosen the right program. Our internship program is the most desirable method of completing program hours. Instructors are practicing CMTs.
Enrollment: OE
Funding: PP, WIA, MyCAA
Richland Community College's (www.richland.edu/programs/ot/medtrans) Medical Transcription certificate and associate degree programs provide students with the foundational skills and hands-on experience to translate medical dictation into printed formats. Coursework focuses on the skills needed to transcribe healthcare records in an accurate and timely manner, including history and physicals, consultations, operative reports, discharge summaries, radiology reports, pathology reports, and chart notes. Students pursuing the associate's degree are given the opportunity to work on-the-job in a hospital, doctor's office, or transcription company and receive more hands-on experience in the medical transcription field.
Recognizing the demands placed on today's working adult student, Richland provides online, hybrid, and traditional site-based instruction to allow maximum flexibility to complete coursework and fulfill personal responsibilities. Employment opportunities exist in a variety of healthcare settings, including hospitals, clinics, doctors’ offices, and medical transcription companies. At the completion of the certificate or degree, students are ready for employment in the work environment of their choice.
Enrollment: OE, SE
Funding: IL, MF, PG, PP, SG, WIA
Located in scenic East Tennessee, Roane State Community College (http://www.roanestate.edu/keyword.asp?keyword=MDT) provides the higher education needs of an eight-county service area. The Medical Transcription program is one of 14 Allied Health Science Programs offered by Roane State. Full-time students may complete the program in two to three semesters (9 to 12 months). Our program is comprehensive, providing the student with the necessary practice, knowledge, and expertise to become a successful medical transcriptionist. Experienced faculty offer quality instruction and are dedicated to helping students achieve their career goals. Flexible class scheduling options are available including online classes. Graduates receive a Technical Certificate of Completion in Medical Transcription. Roane State Community College is governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents, and it is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Collages and Schools (SACS).
Enrollment: SE
Funding: IL, MF, PG, WIA
Sheridan Technical Center (STC) (www.sheridantechnical.com/medtranscription) opened its doors in 1968 on our beautiful 18- acre campus in Hollywood, Florida. STC offers over 30 postsecondary workforce development programs in high wage, high demand occupational fields. Our programs are accredited by the Council on Occupation Education (COE) and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). STC graduates receive state of the art industry instruction and compete successfully in the employment marketplace with lifetime placement assistance upon program completion. In 2004 STC began offering Medical Records Transcription in a web based online format that still affords personalized attention from virtual classroom instruction. Our program is an excellent opportunity for motivated, detail oriented students to upgrade their skills 24/7 from any computer anywhere! Visit us on the web at www.sheridantechnical.com for more information.
Enrollment: SE
Funding: MF, PG, WIA
Seminole Community College’s Medical Transcription Program (www.scc-fl.edu/medicaltran/) is among the oldest in the nation and the first in Florida to receive ACCP program approval. Available in on-line and on-campus formats, Seminole’s 40-college-credit certificate is among the most comprehensive MT curriculum in the nation. Because SCC’s program has been around so long – since 1988 – many of its graduates have become industry leaders who are now in a position to hire new SCC graduates. The program’s faculty members are experienced MTs who are well connected with the industry, and its graduates are sought after by health-care organizations and services nationwide. Internships are part of the program, and job-placement assistance is available. Students can begin the program three times a year, in fall, spring, or summer semesters. Financial aid information is available at www.scc-fl.edu/financialaid/. Please visit us at www.scc-fl.edu/medicaltran/.
Enrollment: SE
Funding: VA, PG, WIA, MF, PS, IL
Enroll in a well-established, AHDI-approved online medical transcription training program delivered in a supportive and caring environment. You will graduate prepared to do acute care transcription, preparing you to meet the needs of the workplace. With a belief in developing people, TRS Institute (www.trsinstitute.com) educates their students based upon the AHDI Model Curriculum, combining remote learning with an online internship module that provides real-life industry experience in all specialties. Taught and overseen by a team of experienced educators since 2005, TRSI brought its program online in January 2007, providing superior education and full preparation for graduates to enter their choice of workplace regardless of where they relocate, in either a home-based or on-site position. Our Military Spouse Program offers special discounts and occasional scholarships. RMT and CMT Prep Courses also available.
Enrollment: OE
Funding: MSD, IL, PP, PS, MF, CAA
TranzMed (www.tranzmed.com) provides fully integrated web based online learning which is uniquely suited to both the US industry (emphasizing US spelling), and internationally, utilizing commonwealth English (UK spelling).
Our course materials meet industry requirements, allowing students to study full or part time. Based on the AHDI Model Curriculum, course work ensures students receive training on all report types including clinic notes, history and physicals, consults, discharge summaries, letters, and operative notes.
Facilitators are experienced and highly skilled both as medical transcriptionists and as online educators. As dedicated professionals, particular care is taken to ensure all students receive helpful advice while they are studying.
As an online learning experience, students may commence their studies during any month of the year.
The company is closely aligned with key transcription companies and is focused on offering helpful advice and assistance with placements to newly graduated students.
Please check our website: www.tranzmed.com for further information.
Enrollment: SE
Funding: VA, PG, WIA, MF, PS, IL
Winter Park Tech’s Medical Transcription program (http://www.wpt.ocps.net/ ) created in 1999, has been approved by the Council on Occupational Education (COE) and is accredited by that agency and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). This transcription program has a web-based online format that gives students the freedom of 24/7 access with ongoing personal instructor feedback. The program instructor is an experienced CMT who has been recognized as an “AHDI Fellow,” the highest credential in the industry’s professional organization. In addition, an advisory board consisting of industry professionals continually reviews the program curriculum to make sure industry standards are maintained and provides information regarding current industry trends to ensure graduates are successfully prepared to achieve their career goals. Placement assistance is provided by the instructor and the school’s Job Placement Coordinator. Winter Park Tech’s “high tech, high touch” staff works with the student for your success!
Enrollment: OE, SE
Funding: MF, SG, PP, PG, WIA
More approved schools
The following schools have recently been added to the Approved School list and their information will be updated shortly:
- Columbia State Community College
- Metropolitan Community College