Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Howard Community College

If you plan to study allied health and medical assisting services, take a look at what Howard Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

HCC is located in Columbia, Maryland and approximately 9,566 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.

HCC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

HCC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at HCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at Howard Community College.

HCC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 46% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 54% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at HCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 33% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at HCC are white. Around 54% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Howard Community College with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 Howard Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy Assistant	13

Related Majors

• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Public Health
• Dental Support Services
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• 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 MD, the home state for Howard Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Medical Assistants	12,630	$36,350
Pharmacy Technicians	7,660	$33,880
Healthcare Support Workers	3,520	$39,820
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	3,070	$36,190
Physician Assistants	3,040	$108,180

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.