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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Central Penn College

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

Central Penn is located in Summerdale, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 963.

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.

Central Penn Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Central Penn

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

Central Penn Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

70% Women
7% 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 Central Penn may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 18% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at Central Penn are white. Around 88% 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 Central Penn College with a associate's in medical assisting.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 76
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

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 Central Penn College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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