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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Wytheville Community College

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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Wytheville Community College

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

WCC is located in Wytheville, Virginia and has a total student population of 2,244.

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.

WCC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Medical Assisting

WCC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at WCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at Wytheville Community College.

WCC Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate’s Program

50% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 50% of medical assisting associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in medical assisting only graduates about 13% men each year. The program at WCC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 37% more women than average.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in medical assisting at WCC are white. Around 88% 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 Wytheville Community College with a associate's in medical assisting.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 14
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Physical Therapy Assistant 16

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 VA, the home state for Wytheville Community College.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Medical Assistants 14,170 $35,010
Pharmacy Technicians 9,690 $32,370
Physical Therapist Assistants 2,630 $60,110
Physician Assistants 2,510 $99,340

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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