Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

If you are interested in studying allied health and medical assisting services, you may want to check out the program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and has a total student population of 11,366.

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.

SIUC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

SIUC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at SIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

SIUC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 29% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 71% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at SIUC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 16% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at SIUC are white. Around 90% 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	19
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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy Assistant	21

Related Majors

• Public Health
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Dental Support Services
• Communication Sciences
• Medicine

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Medical Assistants	23,830	$35,910
Pharmacy Technicians	21,490	$33,140
Health Specialties Professors	10,070	$105,140
Health Technologists and Technicians	5,990	$47,590
Physical Therapist Assistants	4,470	$58,060

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 Mark Jaroski under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.