Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 students attend the school each year. Of the 683 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Connecticut in 2021, 214 of them were allied health and medical assisting services majors.

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.

UCONN Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Assisting

UCONN Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks medical assisting programs across the country. The following shows how UCONN performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The medical assisting major at UCONN is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
	18
Most Popular Allied Health Services Schools	57
Best Allied Health Services Schools	963

How Much Do Medical Assisting Graduates from UCONN Make?

The median salary of medical assisting students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCONN is $29,511. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,256 for all medical assisting students.

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 214 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in medical assisting from UCONN. About 20% were men and 80% were women. The typical medical assisting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at UCONN since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in medical assisting at UCONN are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	27
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	129
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

UCONN also has a doctoral program available in medical assisting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	214

Related Majors

• Medical Science
• Health/Medical Prep Programs
• Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences

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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Medical Assistants	7,700	$38,350
Pharmacy Technicians	4,120	$34,530
Physician Assistants	2,300	$125,610
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	1,490	$43,340
Healthcare Support Workers	1,330	$38,750

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.