Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Louisiana College

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

Louisiana College is located in Pineville, Louisiana and approximately 1,153 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.

Louisiana College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Louisiana College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Louisiana College

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

Louisiana College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

60% Women

27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 40% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 60% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 14% men each year. The program at Louisiana College 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 Louisiana College are white. Around 73% 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 Louisiana College with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy 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 LA, the home state for Louisiana College.

Occupation	Jobs in LA	Average Salary in LA
Medical Assistants	8,490	$28,740
Pharmacy Technicians	6,130	$32,700
Health Technologists and Technicians	2,620	$38,370
Healthcare Support Workers	2,580	$29,380
Surgical Technologists	1,840	$39,990

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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