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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Milwaukee Area Technical College

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

MATC is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 12,618. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 65 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.

MATC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

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

MATC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at MATC

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

MATC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

77% Women

18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at MATC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 10% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at MATC are white. Around 78% 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 Milwaukee Area Technical College with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	51
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 Milwaukee Area Technical College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medical/Clinical Assistant	51
Occupational Therapist Assistant	24
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	23
Radiologist Assistant	18
Physical Therapy Assistant	16
Anesthesiologist Assistant	7

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 WI, the home state for Milwaukee Area Technical College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Medical Assistants	11,350	$36,410
Pharmacy Technicians	8,050	$32,750
Health Specialties Professors	5,200	$76,800
Health Technologists and Technicians	3,410	$44,080
Surgical Technologists	2,600	$53,870

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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