Medical Assistant
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Medical Assistant degree recipients are New York, NY, Houston, TX, and Los Angeles, CA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Medical Assistant is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Medical Assistant and the types of students that study this field. The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest (392257) awards the most degrees in Medical Assistant in the US, but Allen School-Brooklyn and Allen School-Jamaica have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Medical Assistant.
Tuition costs for Medical Assistant majors are, on average, $4,187 for in-state public colleges, and $17,397 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Medical Assistant programs are false institutions (N/A total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private for-profit, 2-year (19,434 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Medical Assistant, is Private for-profit, 2-year (19,434 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Medical Assistant programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
The College of Health Care Professions-Northwest (392257) has the most Medical Assistant degree recipients, with 586 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Medical Assistant.
Out of all institutions that offer Medical Assistant programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Allen School-Brooklyn has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Medical Assistant, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Medical Assistant by year.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in in the United States.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate. Female employees are more likely to hold degrees, and Hispanic or Latino students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in (19,525 students).
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Medical Assistant are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, and Associates Degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Medical Assistant.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Medical Assistant for each race & ethnicity. Hispanic or Latino students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of N/A recipients in Medical Assistant.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Medical Assistant field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Medical Assistant majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Medical Assistant majors need more than the average amount of Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, and Equipment Selection.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Medical Assistant majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Repairing is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.
