Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at LaGuardia Community College

What traits are you looking for in a medical assisting school? To help you decide if LaGuardia Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's medical assisting program.

LaGuardia is located in Long Island City, New York and approximately 16,971 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.

LaGuardia Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

LaGuardia Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at LaGuardia

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

LaGuardia Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

63% Women

65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 37% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 14% men each year. The program at LaGuardia may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 23% more women than average.

LaGuardia does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in medical assisting graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from LaGuardia Community College with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	13
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	18
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Concentrations Within Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy Assistant	39
Occupational Therapist Assistant	35

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 NY, the home state for LaGuardia Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Medical Assistants	26,080	$37,560
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Pharmacy Technicians	19,320	$34,640
Physician Assistants	12,060	$117,000
Healthcare Support Workers	6,360	$37,380

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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