Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Lake Superior College

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

LSC is located in Duluth, Minnesota and has a total student population of 4,762.

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.

LSC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Undergrad Certificate in Medical Assisting (1 - 4 Years)
Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

LSC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at LSC

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

LSC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

61% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 14% men each year. The program at LSC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 26% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at LSC are white. Around 75% 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 Superior College with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Lake Superior College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy Assistant	32

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 MN, the home state for Lake Superior College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Medical Assistants	10,010	$40,320
Pharmacy Technicians	8,370	$37,670
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	2,730	$38,740
Surgical Technologists	2,340	$58,630

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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