by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Occupational Therapist Assistant. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Santa Ana College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in medical assisting, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for medical assisting majors, SAC came in at #35. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #5 in California.
Here are some of the other rankings for SAC.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at SAC was $371 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $46 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $1,104 | $8,904 |
| Fees | $56 | $56 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,970 | $1,970 |
Learn more about SAC tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the SAC medical assisting bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the SAC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 90.9% of the medical assisting students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 78.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 90.9% of the medical assisting bachelor’s degrees at SAC in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 32%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 4 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 1 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Occupational Therapist Assistant | 11 |
*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.
