Carnegie Institute

3233 Burton St SE, Grand Rapids, MI

The Carnegie Institute School of Allied Health Technology was founded in 1947 as a postsecondary school with a mission to assess health care support service needs and develop specialized accredited programs to fulfill those needs.

Licensed by the Michigan State Department of Education, it was the first school of its kind to get such recognition in the state, and one of the first in the country to offer a structured Medical Assistant program. Since then, it has the privilege of being the first to be accredited for a number of programs in the State of Michigan. Originally opened in Detroit, the campus’s current location is on the Stephenson Highway in Troy, Michigan.

The institute currently offers no less than a dozen sub-baccalaureate programs in the field of allied health care services. The courses are:

• Medical assistant
• Medical insurance biller
• Medical administrative assistant
• Medical business specialist
• Massage therapy
• Electroneurodiagnostic technologist
• Cardiology technician
• Vascular technologist
• Cardiovascular technologist
• Invasive cardiovascular technologist
• Cardiac electrophysiology technologist
• Pacemaker/ICD technician

Average tuition for 2012-2013 enrollments were $10,700, and 86% of the undergraduate students availed of financial aid in some form – primarily grants and scholarships averaging over $5,200 each.

The institute offers externship and clinical rotation training, which gives them hands-on experience working in a real-life clinical environment such as a hospital or another type of health care center. They also offer placement services through a database containing 55 major hospitals and 300 medical facilities.