Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Pima Medical Institute - Las Vegas

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

PMI Las Vegas is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and approximately 843 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 79 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.

 

 

PMI Las Vegas Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

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

PMI Las Vegas Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at PMI Las Vegas

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at Pima Medical Institute - Las Vegas.

PMI Las Vegas Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at PMI Las Vegas may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 25% more women than average.

PMI Las Vegas does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in medical assisting graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Pima Medical Institute - Las Vegas with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 Pima Medical Institute - Las Vegas. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medical/Clinical Assistant	182
Physical Therapy Assistant	48
Occupational Therapist Assistant	31
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	16

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Dental Support Services
• Allied Health Professions

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 NV, the home state for Pima Medical Institute - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Medical Assistants	6,220	$33,610
Pharmacy Technicians	3,960	$37,620
Healthcare Support Workers	1,580	$43,110
Health Technologists and Technicians	1,570	$45,980
Health Specialties Professors	1,190	$95,720

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.