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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Ohio State University - Main Campus

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying allied health and medical assisting services, you may want to check out the program at Ohio State University - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and has a total student population of 61,369.

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.

Ohio State Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Ohio State Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks medical assisting programs across the country. The following shows how Ohio State performed in these 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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The medical assisting major at Ohio State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Allied Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	1
Most Focused Allied Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	8
Best Allied Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	9
Most Popular Allied Health Services Trade Schools	13
Best Value Allied Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
	19
Best Allied Health Services Trade Schools	396
Best Value Allied Health Services Schools	798
	1,288

Earnings of Ohio State Medical Assisting Graduates

The median salary of medical assisting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ohio State is $28,914. This is less than $30,256, which is the national average of all medical assisting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Ohio State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at Ohio State University - Main Campus.

Ohio State Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Program

79% Women

26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Of the 366 medical assisting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Ohio State, about 21% were men and 79% were women. The typical medical assisting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Ohio State since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in medical assisting at Ohio State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ohio State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	266
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	32

Ohio State also has a doctoral program available in medical assisting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Ohio State University - Main Campus. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	366

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 OH, the home state for Ohio State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Medical Assistants	23,930	$31,900
Pharmacy Technicians	16,190	$30,500
Health Specialties Professors	10,330	$130,280
Physical Therapist Assistants	5,990	$58,740
Health Technologists and Technicians	5,460	$42,780

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
Image Credit: By Michael Barera under License

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