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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Broward College

If you are interested in studying allied health and medical assisting services, you may want to check out the program at Broward College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

BC is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and approximately 33,243 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 77 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.

BC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

BC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at BC

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

BC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

70% Women

45% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at BC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 17% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	32
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Concentrations Within Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Broward College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy Assistant	77

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 Broward College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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