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Texas Medical Secretaries: Schools and Careers

Career Information for Medical Secretaries in Texas

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Fast Facts for Medical Secretaries in Texas

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Victoria, Tyler, and Sherman
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Waco, Odessa, and Austin
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio

Salaries for Medical Secretaries in Texas

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Dallas, Houston, and Austin. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Medical Secretaries in Texas are listed below.

Selected Medical Secretary Schools in Texas

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
Fort Worth

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

Everest Institute
Austin, Houston, San Antonio

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.)

Kaplan College KHE
Brownsville, Corpus Christi, Dallas, El Paso, Fort Worth, Lubbock, McAllen, Midland, San Antonio

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.)

South Texas Vocational Technical Institute
Brownsville, McAllen, Weslaco

Offers career training in a variety of fields. Located at three campuses in Texas.

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

Milan Institute
West Amarillo

Offers career training in business, legal and medical-related fields. Located at nine campus sites in Texas, California, Idaho, and Nevada.

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

Computer Career Center
Amarillo, El Paso, Lubbock

Offers career training in the medical, business, and graphics fields. Located on four campuses in Texas and New Mexico.

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

Career Point College
San Antonio

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

Southern Careers Institute
Pharr, San Antonio

Get started on a career in the business or health care fields at Southern Careers Institute. Our programs provide students with the focused, hands-on learning that can really make a difference.

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

Selected Online Schools for Medical Secretaries in Texas

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 Texas Medical Secretary Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Alvin Community CollegeAlvinAssociate4,169
Blinn CollegeBrenhamAssociate14,589
Central Texas CollegeKilleenAssociate21,532
Coastal Bend CollegeBeevilleAssociate3,196
Del Mar CollegeCorpus ChristiAssociate11,167
Galveston CollegeGalvestonAssociate2,044
Grayson County CollegeDenisonAssociate3,811
Kilgore CollegeKilgoreAssociate5,150
Lamar State College-OrangeOrangeAssociate2,005
Lamar State College-Port ArthurPort ArthurAssociate2,325
Lone Star College SystemThe WoodlandsAssociate39,756
McLennan Community CollegeWacoAssociate8,079
Navarro CollegeCorsicanaAssociate7,560
Northeast Texas Community CollegeMount PleasantAssociate1,010
Odessa CollegeOdessaAssociate4,580
San Jacinto Community CollegePasadenaAssociate23,805
South Plains CollegeLevellandAssociate6,602
St Philips CollegeSan AntonioAssociate9,256
Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthensAssociate5,046
Tyler Junior CollegeTylerAssociate8,217
Vernon CollegeVernonAssociate2,808
Victoria CollegeVictoriaAssociate4,002
Virginia College-AustinAustinAssociate825

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Medical Secretaries

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

TEXAS

   
Victoria240$30,0301.7
Tyler460$27,4501.6
Sherman150$23,9201.3
Texarkana200$22,9101.2
McAllen870$22,8901.2
Beaumont590$27,3301.1
Corpus Christi610$24,5701
College Station220$27,8900.9
San Antonio2,630$25,4100.9
Lubbock340$24,3900.9
Brownsville330$24,5600.8
Houston6,940$30,5500.8
Abilene140$24,0000.7
Fort Worth2,170$25,4800.7
Killeen270$26,5500.7
Amarillo220$27,4100.7
Midland140$25,6700.7
Dallas5,010$30,6400.7
El Paso560$23,8200.6
Wichita Falls110$21,8400.6
Longview180$25,0300.6
San Angelo70$23,6900.6
Austin1,500$30,4200.6
Odessa90$27,6000.5
Waco140$26,4800.5
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