Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Cape Fear Community College

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

CFCC is located in Wilmington, North Carolina and has a total student population of 8,680.

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.

CFCC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

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

CFCC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at CFCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at Cape Fear Community College.

CFCC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

83% Women

17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 14% men each year. The program at CFCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at CFCC are white. Around 75% 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 Cape Fear Community College with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Occupational Therapist Assistant	20
Medical/Clinical Assistant	6
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant	2

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 NC, the home state for Cape Fear Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Medical Assistants	18,340	$32,710
Pharmacy Technicians	13,680	$30,890
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Health Technologists and Technicians	6,350	$39,230
Physician Assistants	5,010	$104,680

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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