Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Stanbridge University

If you plan to study allied health and medical assisting services, take a look at what Stanbridge University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Stanbridge is located in Irvine, California and has a total student population of 1,698.

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.

Stanbridge Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Online Classes Are Available at Stanbridge

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Stanbridge offers distance education options for medical assisting at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree

Stanbridge 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 Stanbridge

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

Stanbridge Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 32% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 68% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at Stanbridge may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 20% more women than average.

Stanbridge does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in medical assisting graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	47
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	27
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Stanbridge University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Occupational Therapist Assistant	98
Physical Therapy Assistant	23

Related Majors

• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Nursing

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 CA, the home state for Stanbridge University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Medical Assistants	92,960	$38,250
Pharmacy Technicians	37,630	$42,610
Health Technologists and Technicians	22,450	$50,150
Healthcare Support Workers	12,680	$44,820
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770

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.