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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Universidad Metropolitana

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

UMET is located in San Juan, Puerto Rico and has a total student population of 8,893. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 43 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.

UMET Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

UMET Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at UMET

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at Universidad Metropolitana.

UMET Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

70% Women

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 30% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 70% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at UMET may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 18% more women than average.

UMET does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in medical assisting graduates 45% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	0
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 Universidad Metropolitana. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	43

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 PR, the home state for Universidad Metropolitana.

Occupation	Jobs in PR	Average Salary in PR

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
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