The Medical Assisting Major at Pierpont Community and Technical College

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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Pierpont Community and Technical College

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

Pierpont Community and Technical College is located in Fairmont, West Virginia and has a total student population of 1,613. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 58 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.

Pierpont Community and Technical College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Pierpont Community and Technical College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at Pierpont Community and Technical College.

Pierpont Community and Technical College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

90% Women

5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at Pierpont Community and Technical College are white. Around 95% 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 Pierpont Community and Technical College with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	55
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

The following medical assisting concentations are available at Pierpont Community and Technical College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Pierpont Community and Technical College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	30
Physical Therapy Assistant	14
Respiratory Therapy Technician/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 WV, the home state for Pierpont Community and Technical College.

Occupation	Jobs in WV	Average Salary in WV
Medical Assistants	3,520	$28,160
Pharmacy Technicians	2,980	$28,650
Surgical Technologists	1,080	$37,390
Physician Assistants	770	$104,180
Health Technologists and Technicians	730	$43,490

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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