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Oregon Medical Secretaries: Schools and Careers

Career Information for Medical Secretaries in Oregon

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Fast Facts for Medical Secretaries in Oregon

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

Salaries for Medical Secretaries in Oregon

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

Schools for Medical Secretaries in Oregon are listed below.

Selected Medical Secretary 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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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: Administrative Medical Assistant, Hospital Patient Registration Specialist, Medical Administrative Assistant
  • 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, Medical Assisting With Limited X - Ray
  • Degrees/Course Work: Associate, Diploma
(Offerings vary by location; please request additional info.)

Selected Online Schools for Medical Secretaries in Oregon

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 Oregon Medical Secretary Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Blue Mountain Community CollegePendletonAssociate1,782
Chemeketa Community CollegeSalemAssociate7,255
Clackamas Community CollegeOregon CityAssociate6,613
Clatsop Community CollegeAstoriaAssociate1,262
Lane Community CollegeEugeneAssociate8,618
Linn-Benton Community CollegeAlbanyAssociate5,290
Mt Hood Community CollegeGreshamAssociate7,588
Southwestern Oregon Community CollegeCoos BayAssociate2,344
Treasure Valley Community CollegeOntarioAssociate2,010
Umpqua Community CollegeRoseburgAssociate2,122

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Medical Secretaries

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 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

OREGON

   
Corvallis330$32,2303.7
Medford660$28,9702.5
Bend510$31,5202.4
Eugene850$33,8201.7
Salem770$30,0301.5
Portland5,000$34,8201.4
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