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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at El Paso Community College

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

El Paso Community College is located in El Paso, Texas and approximately 26,034 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 36 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.

El Paso Community College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Medical Assisting (Less Than 1 Year)
Undergrad Certificate in Medical Assisting (1 - 4 Years)
Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

El Paso Community College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at El Paso Community College

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

El Paso Community College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

83% Women

97% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at El Paso Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 4% more women than average.

El Paso Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in medical assisting graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	34
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medical/Clinical Assistant	26
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	25
Physical Therapy Assistant	13

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 TX, the home state for El Paso Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Medical Assistants	59,930	$31,580
Pharmacy Technicians	37,200	$34,290
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	11,920	$31,010
Surgical Technologists	10,340	$49,410

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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