Medical Assistant
Add ComparisonIn 2023, the locations with the highest concentration of Medical Assistant degree recipients are Houston, TX, New York, NY, and Los Angeles, CA. In 2023, the locations with a relatively high number of Medical Assistant degree recipients are Casas Adobes, AZ, Atascadero, CA, and Roseville, CA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Medical Assistant is a 1 to 2 year postsecondary certificate.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Medical Assistant and the types of students that study this field.
Tuition costs for Medical Assistant majors are, on average, $4,310 for in-state public colleges, and $17,325 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Medical Assistant programs are Public, 2-year institutions (412 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private for-profit, 2-year (19,275 completions).
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Medical Assistant.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Medical Assistant by year.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Health in the United States.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Medical Assistant are 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Health are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the N/A institutions that graduate the most students in Medical Assistant.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Medical Assistant for each race & ethnicity. Hispanic or Latino students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of N/A recipients in Medical Assistant.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Philippines that hold Health degrees (5.07 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Philippines (208,734 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Medical Assistant field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Medical Assistant majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Medical Assistant majors need more than the average amount of N/A.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Medical Assistant majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of N/A is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.
