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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts

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

Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts is located in San Mateo, California and has a total student population of 2,462. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 22 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.

Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Undergrad Certificate in Medical Assisting (1 - 4 Years)
Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Online Classes Are Available at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts offers distance education options for medical assisting at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts.

Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

41% Women

73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 41% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 46% more women than average.

Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in medical assisting graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medical/Clinical Assistant	161
Physical Therapy Assistant	22

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 CA, the home state for Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Medical Assistants	92,960	$38,250
Pharmacy Technicians	37,630	$42,610
Health Technologists and Technicians	22,450	$50,150
Healthcare Support Workers	12,680	$44,820
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770

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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