Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Southwestern Oklahoma State University

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

SWOSU is located in Weatherford, Oklahoma and has a total student population of 4,898.

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.

SWOSU Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

SWOSU Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at SWOSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

SWOSU Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at SWOSU may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at SWOSU are white. Around 81% 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 Southwestern Oklahoma State University with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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 Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy Assistant	26
Occupational Therapist Assistant	16

Related Majors

• Public Health
• Allied Health Professions
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Health & Medical Administrative Services
• Health Sciences & Services

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 OK, the home state for Southwestern Oklahoma State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Medical Assistants	8,310	$30,960
Pharmacy Technicians	4,800	$30,790
Surgical Technologists	1,440	$41,800
Physical Therapist Assistants	1,420	$59,950
Physician Assistants	1,390	$104,200

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.