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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Western Dakota Technical Institute

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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Western Dakota Technical Institute

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

Western Dakota Tech is located in Rapid City, South Dakota and approximately 1,324 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.

Western Dakota Tech Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Medical Assisting (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Undergrad Certificate in Medical Assisting (1 - 4 Years)

Western Dakota Tech Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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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 Western Dakota Technical Institute. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded

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 SD, the home state for Western Dakota Technical Institute.

Occupation Jobs in SD Average Salary in SD
Pharmacy Technicians 1,350 $32,720
Medical Assistants 950 $29,890
Surgical Technologists 600 $40,970
Physician Assistants 540 $102,830
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 290 $33,720

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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