Health & Medical Administrative Services at Northern Virginia Community College

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

Northern Virginia Community College is located in Annandale, Virginia and approximately 52,873 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Health & Medical Administrative Services section at the bottom of this page.

Northern Virginia Community College Health & Medical Administrative Services Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Health & Medical Administrative Services (Less Than 1 Year)
• Associate’s Degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services

Online Classes Are Available at Northern Virginia Community College

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Northern Virginia Community College does offer online education options in health and medical administrative services for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Associate’s Degree

Northern Virginia Community College Health & Medical Administrative Services Rankings

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Health & Medical Administrative Services Student Demographics at Northern Virginia Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the health and medical administrative services majors at Northern Virginia Community College.

Northern Virginia Community College Health & Medical Administrative Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of health and medical administrative services associate's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

Northern Virginia Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in health and medical administrative services graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Virginia Community College with a associate's in health and medical administrative services.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Health & Medical Administrative Services

If you plan to be a health and medical administrative services 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 Northern Virginia Community College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	9

Related Majors

• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Dental Support Services
• Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services
• Nursing
• Allied Health Professions

Careers That Health & Medical Administrative Services Grads May Go Into

A degree in health and medical administrative services can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Northern Virginia Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	38,820	$61,190
Computer User Support Specialists	19,880	$58,290
Managers	17,280	$134,500
Medical Assistants	14,170	$35,010
Medical Secretaries	7,860	$37,940

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.