Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at University of Connecticut

If you are interested in studying allied health & medical assisting services, you may want to check out the program at University of Connecticut. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 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.

UCONN Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Assisting

UCONN Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

The medical assisting major at UCONN 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.

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at UCONN

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at University of Connecticut.

UCONN Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of medical assisting bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical medical assisting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 14% men. So male students are more repesented at UCONN since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in medical assisting at UCONN 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 University of Connecticut with a bachelor's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	26
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	116
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

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 University of Connecticut. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	214

Related Majors

• Medical Science
• Health/Medical Prep Programs
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences

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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Medical Assistants	7,700	$38,350
Pharmacy Technicians	4,120	$34,530
Physician Assistants	2,300	$125,610
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	1,490	$43,340
Healthcare Support Workers	1,330	$38,750

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.