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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at San Juan College

If you are interested in studying allied health and medical assisting services, you may want to check out the program at San Juan College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SJC is located in Farmington, New Mexico and approximately 5,240 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 56 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.

SJC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Medical Assisting (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Online Classes Are Available at SJC

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SJC offers distance education options for medical assisting at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

SJC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at SJC

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

SJC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

66% Women

36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 66% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at SJC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 21% more women than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	22
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

Concentrations Within Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy Assistant	35
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	22
Occupational Therapist Assistant	21

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 NM, the home state for San Juan College.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Medical Assistants	5,960	$30,750
Pharmacy Technicians	2,360	$33,710
Health Specialties Professors	1,300	$150,170
Healthcare Support Workers	820	$39,210
Physician Assistants	680	$108,610

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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