Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Polk State College

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

Polk State is located in Winter Haven, Florida and approximately 9,961 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.

Polk State Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Polk State Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Polk State

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

Polk State Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

83% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 14% men each year. The program at Polk State may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

Polk State does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in medical assisting graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Polk State College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy Assistant	20
Occupational Therapist Assistant	17

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 FL, the home state for Polk State College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Medical Assistants	55,330	$32,870
Pharmacy Technicians	30,080	$32,090
Health Technologists and Technicians	9,600	$42,730
Health Specialties Professors	9,250	$80,990
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	8,350	$33,280

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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