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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at NorthWest Arkansas Community College

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

NWACC is located in Bentonville, Arkansas and has a total student population of 7,411.

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.

NWACC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at NWACC

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

NWACC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

42% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 58% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 42% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at NWACC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 46% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at NWACC are white. Around 83% 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 NorthWest Arkansas Community College 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 2
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 AR, the home state for NorthWest Arkansas Community College.

Occupation Jobs in AR Average Salary in AR
Pharmacy Technicians 4,490 $29,640
Medical Assistants 3,790 $30,320
Health Specialties Professors 1,600 $146,380
Health Technologists and Technicians 1,120 $42,300
Surgical Technologists 1,110 $42,720

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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