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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at San Jose City College

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

San Jose City College is located in San Jose, California and approximately 8,378 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 28 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.

San Jose City College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

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

San Jose City College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at San Jose City College

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

San Jose City College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

96% Women

82% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

San Jose City College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in medical assisting graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Jose City College with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 San Jose City College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medical/Clinical Assistant	77

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 CA, the home state for San Jose City College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Medical Assistants	92,960	$38,250
Pharmacy Technicians	37,630	$42,610
Health Technologists and Technicians	22,450	$50,150
Healthcare Support Workers	12,680	$44,820
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770

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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