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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Lake Area Technical Institute

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Lake Area Technical Institute

If you plan to study allied health & medical assisting services, take a look at what Lake Area Technical Institute has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

LATI is located in Watertown, South Dakota and approximately 2,217 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.

LATI Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

LATI Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at LATI

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at Lake Area Technical Institute.

LATI Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

90% Women
3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 10% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at LATI are white. Around 95% 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 Lake Area Technical Institute with a associate's in medical assisting.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 38
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy Assistant 19
Medical/Clinical Assistant 17
Occupational Therapist Assistant 14

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 SD, the home state for Lake Area Technical Institute.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Pharmacy Technicians 1,350 $32,720
Medical Assistants 950 $29,890
Surgical Technologists 600 $40,970
Physician Assistants 540 $102,830
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 290 $33,720

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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