Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Chester Career College

What traits are you looking for in a medical assisting school? To help you decide if Chester Career College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's medical assisting program.

Richmond School of Health and Technology is located in CHESTER, Virginia and has a total student population of 159.

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.

Richmond School of Health and Technology Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in Medical Assisting (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Richmond School of Health and Technology Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Richmond School of Health and Technology

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

Richmond School of Health and Technology Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 94% went to women.

Richmond School of Health and Technology does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in medical assisting graduates 32% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	16

Related Majors

• 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 VA, the home state for Chester Career College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Medical Assistants	14,170	$35,010
Pharmacy Technicians	9,690	$32,370
Physical Therapist Assistants	2,630	$60,110
Physician Assistants	2,510	$99,340

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.