Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Stanford University

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

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 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.

Stanford Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Stanford Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 medical assisting majors earned their master's degree from Stanford. Of these graduates, 7% were men and 93% were women.

Of the students who received a medical assisting master's degree from Stanford, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 Stanford University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Medical/Clinical Assistant	27

Related Majors

• Public Health
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• 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 CA, the home state for Stanford 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
• Image Credit: By Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.