Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Colby Community College

Every allied health & medical assisting services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the medical assisting program at Colby Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

Colby Community College is located in Colby, Kansas and approximately 1,327 students attend the school each year.

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.

Colby Community College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Colby Community College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Colby Community College

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

Colby Community College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

50% Women

29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 14% men each year. The program at Colby Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 36% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at Colby Community College are white. Around 71% 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 Colby Community College with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	10
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 Colby Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy Assistant	17

Nursing

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 KS, the home state for Colby Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Medical Assistants	4,240	$31,400
Pharmacy Technicians	3,780	$32,940
Physical Therapist Assistants	1,210	$55,190
Physician Assistants	1,040	$104,720
Surgical Technologists	990	$42,290

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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