Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Stanford University

Every allied health and medical assisting services school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the medical assisting program at Stanford University stacks up to those at other schools.

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and has a total student population of 15,953. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 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.

Stanford Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Stanford Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of medical assisting master's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

Of the students who received a medical assisting master's degree from Stanford, 56% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the medical assisting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 41% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

• Public Health
• Medical Illustration & Informatics
• Medicine

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 CA, the home state for Stanford University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Medical Assistants	92,960	$38,250
Pharmacy Technicians	37,630	$42,610
Health Technologists and Technicians	22,450	$50,150
Healthcare Support Workers	12,680	$44,820
Health Specialties Professors	11,540	$161,770

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 Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.