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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Monroe College

What traits are you looking for in a medical assisting school? To help you decide if Monroe College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's medical assisting program.

Monroe College is located in Bronx, New York and has a total student population of 6,541. 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.

Monroe College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Online Classes Are Available at Monroe College

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? Monroe College offers distance education options for medical assisting at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

Monroe College 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 Monroe College

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

Monroe College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

98% Women

97% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 2% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 98% went to women.

Monroe 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 Monroe College with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	1
International Students	1
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 Monroe College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medical/Clinical Assistant	65

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 NY, the home state for Monroe College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Medical Assistants	26,080	$37,560
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Pharmacy Technicians	19,320	$34,640
Physician Assistants	12,060	$117,000
Healthcare Support Workers	6,360	$37,380

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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