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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at California University of Pennsylvania

If you plan to study allied health and medical assisting services, take a look at what California University of Pennsylvania has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cal U is located in California, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 6,885. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 21 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.

Cal U Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Cal U Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Cal U

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

Cal U Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

95% Women

5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at Cal U are white. Around 90% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 California University of Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy Assistant	21

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 PA, the home state for California University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Medical Assistants	27,590	$32,770
Pharmacy Technicians	18,220	$30,000
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Physician Assistants	6,650	$98,510
Health Technologists and Technicians	5,400	$43,070

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
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