Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Widener University

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

Widener is located in Chester, Pennsylvania and approximately 6,150 students attend the school each year. During the the most recent year for which data is available, 14 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.

Widener Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting
• Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Widener Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks medical assisting programs across the country. The following shows how Widener performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The medical assisting major at Widener is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Allied Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	1
	2
Most Popular Allied Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	4
Most Focused Allied Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools	10
Best Value Allied Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools	34
	54
Best Allied Health Services Trade Schools	65
	90
Most Popular Allied Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools	441
Most Focused Allied Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools	593
Most Popular Allied Health Services Trade Schools	599
Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools	626
Best Value Allied Health Services Schools	800
Most Focused Allied Health Services Trade Schools	1,090

Earnings of Widener Medical Assisting Graduates

The median salary of medical assisting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Widener is $64,740. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 114% higher than the national average of $30,256 for all medical assisting bachelor's degree recipients.

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Widener

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

Widener Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at Widener may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at Widener are white. Around 64% 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 Widener University with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Widener Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students earned a bachelor's degree in medical assisting from Widener. About 80% of these graduates were women and the other 20% were men. The typical medical assisting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Widener since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in medical assisting at Widener are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Widener also has a doctoral program available in medical assisting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 Widener University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	39

Related Majors

• 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 PA, the home state for Widener University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Medical Assistants	27,590	$32,770
Pharmacy Technicians	18,220	$30,000
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Physician Assistants	6,650	$98,510
Health Technologists and Technicians	5,400	$43,070

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
• Image Credit: By User:Smallbones at English Wikipedia. under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.