MEDICAL ASSISTING
Associate in Science
Program Details
The Medical Assisting Program prepares students for entry-level employment in medical offices and clinics. Medical assistants are important members of the healthcare team. They are most likely the first people you interface with when you go to a doctor's appointment. They are the individuals who help schedule your appointments, take your vital signs, prepare you for medical procedures and manage other patient needs and clerical tasks. The program provides classroom training along with skills-lab practice, and hands-on externship opportunities. Students are taught basic and advanced medical assisting skills, medical office management, and professional written and verbal communication. Upon completion students are eligible to take approved state and/or national certification exams.
MEDICAL ASSISTING Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2021-2022. Maps for previous years are available on each pathway page. What is a catalog year?
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Endoscopy Technicians
High school diploma/GED, Certificate after high school
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 32,450
- High salary: 68,180
- Average salary: 46050
- Job growth:
- Low salary: 32,450
- High salary: 68,180
- Average salary: 46050
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary
Master's degree, Doctoral degree
- Job growth: Rising
- Low salary: 51,760
- High salary: 0
- Average salary: 105620
All Careers in MEDICAL ASSISTING (6)
| Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary | Master's degree, Doctoral degree | Rising | 105,620 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Endoscopy Technicians | High school diploma/GED, Certificate after high school | Rising | 46,050 |
| Healthcare Support Workers, All Other | - n/a | - n/a | 46,050 |
| Speech-Language Pathology Assistants | Associate's degree, Bachelor's degree | Rising | 46,050 |
| Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants | High school diploma/GED, Associate's degree | Stable | 44,640 |
| Medical Assistants | Certificate after high school, High school diploma/GED | Rising | 44,200 |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Demonstrate and apply ethical, competent, and safe patient care within their scope of practice of a Medical Assistant and/or Phlebotomist.
- Demonstrate the knowledge/skills necessary to become employed (medical assisting only).
- Demonstrate the knowledge/skills necessary to pass the State exam (phlebotomy only).