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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Essex County College

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

Essex is located in Newark, New Jersey and has a total student population of 6,360.

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.

Essex Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Essex Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Essex

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

Essex Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

48% Women
67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 52% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 48% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at Essex may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 39% more women than average.

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Essex does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in medical assisting graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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 NJ, the home state for Essex County College.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Medical Assistants 19,110 $35,840
Pharmacy Technicians 9,570 $33,070
Healthcare Support Workers 6,080 $36,540
Health Specialties Professors 4,420 $109,190
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 3,080 $37,630

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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