Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Mercy College

Every allied health and medical assisting services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the medical assisting program at Mercy College stacks up to those at other schools.

Mercy is located in Dobbs Ferry, New York and has a total student population of 9,547.

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.

Mercy Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Mercy Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Mercy

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

Mercy Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 16% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 84% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at Mercy may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 3% more women than average.

Mercy does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in medical assisting graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Occupational Therapist Assistant	25

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Mental & Social Health Services
• 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 NY, the home state for Mercy College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Medical Assistants	26,080	$37,560
Health Specialties Professors	22,170	$127,230
Pharmacy Technicians	19,320	$34,640
Physician Assistants	12,060	$117,000
Healthcare Support Workers	6,360	$37,380

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
• Image Credit: By Sardaka under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.