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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Lake Area Technical Institute

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

LATI is located in Watertown, South Dakota and has a total student population of 2,217. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 50 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.

LATI Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Medical Assisting (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Online Classes Are Available at LATI

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.

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

LATI Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at LATI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at Lake Area Technical Institute.

LATI Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

88% Women

6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at LATI are white. Around 92% 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 Lake Area Technical Institute with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	46
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Lake Area Technical Institute. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medical/Clinical Assistant	29
Physical Therapy Assistant	19
Occupational Therapist Assistant	14

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 SD, the home state for Lake Area Technical Institute.

Occupation	Jobs in SD	Average Salary in SD
Pharmacy Technicians	1,350	$32,720
Medical Assistants	950	$29,890
Surgical Technologists	600	$40,970
Physician Assistants	540	$102,830
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	290	$33,720

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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