by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Physical Therapy 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 Western Technical College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major associate degree program in medical assisting, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Medical Assisting students who received their associate degree at Western Technical College took out an average of $28,532 in student loans. That is 46% higher than the national average of $19,521.
The median early career salary of medical assisting students who receive their associate degree from Western Technical College is $52,107 per year. That is 74% higher than the national average of $30,020.
Online degrees for the Western Technical College medical assisting associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Western Technical College Online Learning page.
About 41.2% of the students who received their Associate in medical assisting in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 81.1%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in medical assisting at Western Technical College in 2019-2020, 88.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 44%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 12 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 2 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Physical Therapy Assistant | 17 |
*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.
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