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Career Information for Medical Secretaries in Florida

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Fast Facts for Medical Secretaries in Florida

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Sebastian, Palm Bay, and Naples
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Fort Walton Beach, Jacksonville, and Orlando
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Tampa, Miami, and Fort Lauderdale

Salaries for Medical Secretaries in Florida

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Sebastian, Naples, and West Palm Beach. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Medical Secretaries in Florida are listed below.

Selected Medical Secretary Schools in Florida

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
Ft. Lauderdale, Miami

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

  • Programs: Medical Administrative Assistant, Medical Administrative Secretary
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Fortis College
Pensacola

Looking to prepare for your dream career? Fortis College can give you the skills and training you need to succeed in the fast-growing and high-demand healthcare field.

  • Programs: Medical Administrative Assistant, Medical Office Specialist
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Coursework

Kaplan College KHE
Jacksonville, Pembroke Pines

Kaplan College teaches students skills that have relevance in many fast-growing employment areas. Several forms of tuition assistance may be available for qualified enrollees.

  • Programs: Back Office Medical Assistant, Medical Office Specialist
  • Degrees/Course Work: Certificate, Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Everest University
Lakeland, Largo, Orange Park, Orlando, Tampa

Offers career education and degree programs in business, accounting, paralegal, criminal justice, and health care from ten campuses in Florida.

  • Programs: Medical Administrative Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

ATI Career Training Center
Fort Lauderdale, Miami Gardens, Miami

Offers career training and associate's degrees in several fields. Located in Florida, Texas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico.

  • Programs: Medical Administrative Assisting Technology
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Florida Technical College
DeLand, Orlando

Florida Technical College (FTC) offers many different technically oriented programs that all have an emphasis on hands-on training with highly experienced faculty.

  • Programs: Medical Administrative Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Medical Secretaries in Florida

Ashworth College
Online

Ashworth College (AU) provides online and campus based classes, in a flexible capacity so learning goes at the students pace during their free time.

  • Programs: Medical Office Assisting
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Stratford Career Institute
Online

Career training in several fields. Offered in a distance-learning format.

  • Programs: Medical Office Assistant
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

More Florida Medical Secretary Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Brevard Community CollegeCocoaAssociate14,496
Broward CollegeFort LauderdaleAssociate31,730
City College CasselberryCasselberryAssociate104
City College Fort LauderdaleFort LauderdaleBachelor427
Florida Community College at JacksonvilleJacksonvilleBachelor24,939
Florida National CollegeHialeahBachelor2,158
Indian River State CollegeFort PierceBachelor14,932
Key CollegeDania BeachAssociate100
Palm Beach Community CollegeLake WorthAssociate22,881
Pasco-Hernando Community CollegeNew Port RicheyAssociate8,065
South Florida Community CollegeAvon ParkAssociate2,787

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Medical Secretaries

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

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

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Medical Secretaries 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

FLORIDA

   
Sebastian220$33,1501.5
Palm Bay920$26,0201.4
Naples530$31,6101.3
Fort Lauderdale2,910$28,6001.1
Deltona540$25,7501
Lakeland680$26,2901
Port St. Lucie430$29,8201
Ocala310$24,6901
Cape Coral680$29,6301
Miami3,290$27,1201
Sarasota820$29,4300.9
West Palm Beach1,610$29,8800.9
Pensacola420$24,4300.8
Tampa3,500$28,8100.8
Gainesville300$25,1700.8
Tallahassee410$27,2100.8
Panama City160$27,2000.7
Orlando1,990$27,1200.5
Jacksonville1,080$28,8600.5
Fort Walton Beach70$26,3300.3
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