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Career Information for Medical Assistants in Oregon

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Fast Facts for Medical Assistants in Oregon

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Corvallis, Medford, and Salem
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Portland, Eugene, and Bend
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Portland, Salem, and Eugene

Salaries for Medical Assistants in Oregon

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Portland, Eugene, and Corvallis. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Medical Assistants in Oregon are listed below.

Selected Medical Assistant Schools in Oregon

These schools offer particularly quick info upon request, and we have written detailed profiles for each (click school names to see the profiles).

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Sanford Brown College
Portland

Students attend the school to gain practical skills directly useful in their chosen fields. Multiple campuses around St. Louis plus one in Milwaukee.

  • Programs: Medical Assistant, Medical Assistant Specialist, Medical Assisting
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Certificate, Diploma

Everest College
Portland

Offers certificate programs, degree programs, and courses in 11 U.S. states with more than 35 locations. Online programs are also available.

  • Programs: Medical Assisting, Medical Assisting Program, Medical Assisting - Associate Degree
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Diploma

Everest Institute
Tigard

Founded in 1851 as Duff's Business Institute, the school offers career education programs in 12 states with greater than 25 locations.

  • Programs: Medical Assistant, Medical Assisting
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Pioneer Pacific College
Clackamas, Springfield, Wilsonville

Oregon career college with a 25 year history of training students for a specific type of jobs. Accredited and authorized to confer diplomas and degrees.

  • Programs: Diploma: Medical Assisting, Diploma: Medical Assisting With Limited X - Ray, Medical Assisting
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Heald College
Portland

Offers associate degree, certificate and diploma programs in business, healthcare, and technology. Located at 11 campuses in California, Oregon and Hawaii

  • Programs: Medical Assisting
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate

Anthem College
Beaverton

Anthem College has 24 campus locations nationwide as well as the flexibility of online program options.

  • Programs: Medical Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Diploma

Carrington College
Portland

Offers degree and certificate programs in medical, dental, and information technology disciplines. Main campus in Phoenix, Arizona and eight satellite campuses spread across six western states.

  • Programs: Medical Assisting
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Certificate

Selected Online Schools for Medical Assistants in Oregon

SchoolLocationsDegreesQuick Info
Keiser University eCampus OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
South UniversityOnlineAssociateGet Info
Kaplan University OnlineOnlineAssociateGet Info
Ashworth CollegeOnlineDiplomaGet Info
Herzing CollegeOnlineAssociate, DiplomaGet Info

More Oregon Medical Assistant Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Central Oregon Community CollegeBendAssociate4,440
Chemeketa Community CollegeSalemAssociate7,255
Clackamas Community CollegeOregon CityAssociate6,613
Clatsop Community CollegeAstoriaAssociate1,262
Columbia Gorge Community CollegeThe DallesAssociate920
Linn-Benton Community CollegeAlbanyAssociate5,290
Mt Hood Community CollegeGreshamAssociate7,588
Portland Community CollegePortlandAssociate24,353
Southwestern Oregon Community CollegeCoos BayAssociate2,344
Umpqua Community CollegeRoseburgAssociate2,122

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Medical Assistants

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Oregon. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Medical Assistants

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Medical Assistants relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

OREGON

   
Corvallis220$31,7002.3
Medford580$29,8502
Salem830$30,2601.6
Bend320$30,4701.4
Eugene600$31,9701.1
Portland4,360$32,8801.1
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