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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at East Arkansas Community College

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

East Arkansas Community College is located in Forrest City, Arkansas and approximately 934 students attend the school each year.

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.

East Arkansas Community College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Online Classes Are Available at East Arkansas Community College

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, East Arkansas Community College does offer online courses in medical assisting for the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

East Arkansas Community College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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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 East Arkansas Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

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 AR, the home state for East Arkansas Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Pharmacy Technicians	4,490	$29,640
Medical Assistants	3,790	$30,320
Health Specialties Professors	1,600	$146,380
Health Technologists and Technicians	1,120	$42,300
Surgical Technologists	1,110	$42,720

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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