Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at AdventHealth University

What traits are you looking for in a medical assisting school? To help you decide if AdventHealth University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's medical assisting program.

AHU is located in Orlando, Florida and approximately 1,802 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 20 students received their associate's degree in medical assisting.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services section at the bottom of this page.

 

 

AHU Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

AHU Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at AHU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at AdventHealth University.

AHU Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at AHU may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

AHU does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in medical assisting graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from AdventHealth University with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

If you plan to be a medical assisting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from AdventHealth University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Occupational Therapist Assistant	20

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Health Sciences & Services
• Allied Health Professions

Careers That Medical Assisting Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical assisting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for FL, the home state for AdventHealth University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Medical Assistants	55,330	$32,870
Pharmacy Technicians	30,080	$32,090
Health Technologists and Technicians	9,600	$42,730
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	8,350	$33,280

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By GRUcrule under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.