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Basic Certificates in Medical/Clinical Assistant

9,731 Yearly Graduations
92% Women
66% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
This degree is more popular with female students, and about 66% of recent graduates were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 0.7% of medical/clinical assistant graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Medical/Clinical Assistant Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 9,731 people earned their basic certificate in medical/clinical assistant. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in medical/clinical assistant at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Undergraduate Certificate 37,342
Basic Certificate 9,731
Associate Degree 5,013
Bachelor’s Degree 2

Earnings of Medical/Clinical Assistant Majors With Basic Certificates

We are unable to calculate the median earnings for medical/clinical assistant majors with their basic certificate due to lack of data.

Student Debt

The data on debt ranges for medical/clinical assistant majors who have their basic certificate is not available.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in medical/clinical assistant. About 92.2% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 759
Women 8,972
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The racial-ethnic distribution of medical/clinical assistant basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 415
Black or African American 1,751
Hispanic or Latino 3,932
White 2,289
International Students 70
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,274
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to medical/clinical assistant that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Emergency Care Attendant (EMT) 3,105
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant 3,105
Other Allied Health Services 2,715
Radiologist Assistant 1,364
Medical Laboratory Assistant 206

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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