Health & Medical Administrative Services at Santa Monica College

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

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and has a total student population of 25,948.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health & Medical Administrative Services section at the bottom of this page.

SMC Health & Medical Administrative Services Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Health & Medical Administrative Services (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Health & Medical Administrative Services (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services

Online Classes Are Available at SMC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

SMC does offer online education options in health and medical administrative services for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Associate’s Degree

SMC Health & Medical Administrative Services Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Health & Medical Administrative Services Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health and medical administrative services majors at Santa Monica College.

SMC Health & Medical Administrative Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of health and medical administrative services associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health and medical administrative services graduates 52% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Nursing

Careers That Health & Medical Administrative Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in health and medical administrative services 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 Monica College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Medical Assistants	92,960	$38,250
Medical Secretaries	83,410	$42,900
Computer User Support Specialists	70,510	$66,350
Managers	66,300	$143,350

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.