Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Surry Community College

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

Surry Community College is located in Dobson, North Carolina and has a total student population of 3,103.

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.

Surry Community College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Surry Community College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Surry Community College

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

Surry Community College Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

63% Women

25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 14% men each year. The program at Surry Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 24% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at Surry Community College are white. Around 75% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

If you plan to be a medical assisting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Surry Community College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medical/Clinical Assistant	17
Physical Therapy Assistant	14

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 NC, the home state for Surry Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Medical Assistants	18,340	$32,710
Pharmacy Technicians	13,680	$30,890
Health Specialties Professors	10,090	$134,300
Health Technologists and Technicians	6,350	$39,230
Physician Assistants	5,010	$104,680

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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