Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Santa Ana College

What traits are you looking for in a medical assisting school? To help you decide if Santa Ana College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's medical assisting program.

SAC is located in Santa Ana, California and approximately 20,118 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in medical assisting from SAC.

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.

SAC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Medical Assisting (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting
• Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Assisting

SAC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks medical assisting programs across the country. The following shows how SAC performed in these rankings.

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 SAC 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
Most Popular Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools	19
Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools	85
	421
Most Focused Allied Health Services Schools	758

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at SAC

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

SAC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at SAC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

SAC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in medical assisting graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	61
White	8
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

SAC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in medical assisting from SAC in 2021, 17% were men and 83% were women. The typical medical assisting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at SAC since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its medical assisting bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Communication Sciences
• Health Sciences & Services
• 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 CA, the home state for Santa Ana College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Medical Assistants	92,960	$38,250
Pharmacy Technicians	37,630	$42,610
Health Technologists and Technicians	22,450	$50,150
Healthcare Support Workers	12,680	$44,820
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770

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.