Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at St Catherine University

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

St. Kate's is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota and approximately 4,277 students attend the school each year.

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.

St. Kate’s Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

St. Kate’s Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at St. Kate's

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at St Catherine University.

St. Kate’s Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at St. Kate's are white. Around 55% 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 St Catherine University with a associate's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	35
Hispanic or Latino	63
White	177
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	22

Concentrations Within Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from St Catherine University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Occupational Therapist Assistant	296
Physical Therapy Assistant	24

Related Majors

• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Alternative Medicine & Systems
• Public Health

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 MN, the home state for St Catherine University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Medical Assistants	10,010	$40,320
Pharmacy Technicians	8,370	$37,670
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	2,730	$38,740
Surgical Technologists	2,340	$58,630

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 college under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.