Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Saint Francis University

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

Saint Francis is located in Loretto, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 2,769. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 82 students received their master's degree in medical assisting.

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.

Saint Francis Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Online Classes Are Available at Saint Francis

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Saint Francis does offer online courses in medical assisting for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Saint Francis Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Saint Francis

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

Saint Francis Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Master’s Program

The medical assisting program at Saint Francis awarded 82 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 29% of these degrees went to men with the other 71% going to women.

In the medical assisting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	10

Related Majors

• Other Health Professions
• Public Health
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Allied Health Professions

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 PA, the home state for Saint Francis University.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Medical Assistants	27,590	$32,770
Pharmacy Technicians	18,220	$30,000
Health Specialties Professors	12,420	$95,160
Physician Assistants	6,650	$98,510
Health Technologists and Technicians	5,400	$43,070

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 Brendanriley under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.