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Basic Certificate in Health/Medical Prep Programs

Basic Certificates in Health/Medical Prep Programs

1,226 Yearly Graduations
90% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 42% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.2% of medical prep graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Medical Prep Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 1,226 people earned their basic certificate in medical prep. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in medical prep at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree 3,416
Associate Degree 3,280
Basic Certificate 1,226
Graduate Certificate 670
Master’s Degree 405
Undergraduate Certificate 399
Doctor’s Degree 17

Earnings of Medical Prep Majors With Basic Certificates

At this time, we do not have the data to estimate the median earnings for this class of people.

Student Debt

The data on debt ranges for medical prep majors who have their basic certificate is not available.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in medical prep. About 90.0% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 123
Women 1,103
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The racial-ethnic distribution of medical prep basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 19
Black or African American 370
Hispanic or Latino 81
White 676
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 77
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to medical prep that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Nursing & Nursing Assistants 44,253
Allied Health Professions 22,225
Allied Health Services 19,412
Health/Medical Admin Services 13,996
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 9,907

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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