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Career Information for Medical Assistants in West Virginia

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Fast Facts for Medical Assistants in West Virginia

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Morgantown, Charleston, and Huntington
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Weirton, Wheeling, and Parkersburg
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Charleston, Huntington, and Parkersburg

Salaries for Medical Assistants in West Virginia

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Charleston, Huntington, and Weirton. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Medical Assistants in West Virginia are listed below.

Selected Medical Assistant Schools in West Virginia

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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Everest Institute
Cross Lanes

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

  • Programs: Medical Support And Technology
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Selected Online Schools for Medical Assistants in West Virginia

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

More West Virginia Medical Assistant Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Huntington Junior CollegeHuntingtonAssociate745
Marshall Community and Technical CollegeHuntingtonAssociate2,476
Mountain State CollegeParkersburgAssociate100
Mountain State UniversityBeckleyMasters4,847
New River Community and Technical CollegeBeckleyAssociate2,232
West Virginia Junior College CharlestonCharlestonAssociate163
West Virginia Junior College MorgantownMorgantownAssociate152
West Virginia Junior College-BridgeportBridgeportAssociate219
West Virginia Northern Community CollegeWheelingAssociate3,128
West Virginia State Community and Technical CollegeInstituteAssociate1,634

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Medical Assistants

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for West Virginia. 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

WEST VIRGINIA

   
Morgantown250$22,4101.7
Charleston720$24,2901.4
Huntington540$23,7301.4
Parkersburg280$22,3601.2
Wheeling200$22,2701
Weirton80$22,7800.6
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