Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at University of Puerto Rico - Ponce

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

UPR Ponce is located in Ponce, Puerto Rico and has a total student population of 2,382.

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.

UPR Ponce Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

UPR Ponce Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at UPR Ponce

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

UPR Ponce Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

62% Women

100% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 38% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 62% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 14% men each year. The program at UPR Ponce may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 25% more women than average.

UPR Ponce does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in medical assisting graduates 42% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Puerto Rico - Ponce with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	0
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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Puerto Rico - Ponce. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy Assistant	35

Allied Health Professions

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 PR, the home state for University of Puerto Rico - Ponce.

Occupation	Jobs in PR	Average Salary in PR

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
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