Health & Medical Administrative Services at Santa Monica College

What traits are you looking for in a health and medical administrative services school? To help you decide if Santa Monica College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's health and medical administrative services program.

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and has a total student population of 25,948.

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.

SMC Health & Medical Administrative Services Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Health & Medical Administrative Services (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Health & Medical Administrative Services (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Health & Medical Administrative Services

Online Classes Are Available at SMC

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SMC offers distance education options for health and medical administrative services at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

SMC 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 SMC

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

SMC Health & Medical Administrative Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of health and medical administrative services associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women.

SMC 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 52% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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

Concentrations Within Health & Medical Administrative Services

The following health and medical administrative services concentations are available at Santa Monica College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Santa Monica College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant & Medical Secretary	2

Related Majors

• Allied Health Professions
• Nursing

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 CA, the home state for Santa Monica College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Medical Assistants	92,960	$38,250
Medical Secretaries	83,410	$42,900
Computer User Support Specialists	70,510	$66,350
Managers	66,300	$143,350

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.