Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Odessa College

Every allied health and medical assisting services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the medical assisting program at Odessa College stacks up to those at other schools.

Odessa College is located in Odessa, Texas and has a total student population of 7,019.

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.

Odessa College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Odessa College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Odessa College

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

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

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

Odessa College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in medical assisting graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Odessa College with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Nursing

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 TX, the home state for Odessa College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Medical Assistants	59,930	$31,580
Pharmacy Technicians	37,200	$34,290
Health Specialties Professors	13,930	$139,540
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	11,920	$31,010
Surgical Technologists	10,340	$49,410

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.