Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Ohio State University - Main Campus

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 Ohio State University - Main Campus stacks up to those at other schools.

Ohio State is located in Columbus, Ohio and has a total student population of 61,369. In 2021, 366 medical assisting majors received their bachelor's degree from Ohio State.

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.

Ohio State Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Ohio State Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the medical assisting progam at Ohio State compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The medical assisting major at Ohio State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Allied Health Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16

Earnings of Ohio State Medical Assisting Graduates

The median salary of medical assisting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Ohio State is $28,914. This is less than $30,256, which is the national average of all medical assisting majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Ohio State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at Ohio State University - Main Campus.

Ohio State Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 366 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services from Ohio State in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women. The typical medical assisting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Ohio State since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in medical assisting at Ohio State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ohio State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	266
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	32

Ohio State also has a doctoral program available in medical assisting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Health Sciences & Services
• Mental & Social Health Services
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics

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 OH, the home state for Ohio State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Medical Assistants	23,930	$31,900
Pharmacy Technicians	16,190	$30,500
Health Specialties Professors	10,330	$130,280
Physical Therapist Assistants	5,990	$58,740
Health Technologists and Technicians	5,460	$42,780

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
• Image Credit: By Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.