The Medical Assisting Major at Lake Washington Institute of Technology

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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Lake Washington Institute of Technology

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

LWTech is located in Kirkland, Washington and approximately 3,319 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.

LWTech Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

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

LWTech Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at LWTech

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

LWTech Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

86% Women

57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Lake Washington Institute of Technology with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	14
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Lake Washington Institute of Technology. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medical/Clinical Assistant	27
Occupational Therapist Assistant	23
Physical Therapy Assistant	11

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 WA, the home state for Lake Washington Institute of Technology.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Medical Assistants	14,450	$41,340
Pharmacy Technicians	6,950	$42,470
Health Specialties Professors	3,470	$155,090
Health Technologists and Technicians	3,330	$59,950
Physician Assistants	2,470	$123,980

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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