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Medical Assistant Schools in Austin

Austin, TX (population: 792,778) has one medical assistant school within its city limits. Virginia College-Austin has a total student population of 865. It is the 5581st highest ranked school in the USA and the 317th highest in the state of Texas (#1 is Rice University).

Medical Assistant students from Austin schools who go on to become medical assistants, nurses, dental assistants, medical office assistants, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 495,970 people working as medical assistants alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $29,450. Also, Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses make on average $40,900 per year and there are about 728,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Austin-Round Rock area alone, there are 2,690 employed licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earning an average salary of $42,040. Medical assistants in this area earn $29,630/yr and there are 3,060 employed.

Austin lies in Travis county, which is one of the 154 counties in Texas. Overall, the Austin-Round Rock area has 769,370 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 2.3% unemployment rate, $21.72/hr average worker wage, and a $45,180 average annual salary. Thus, about 3.979 out of every 1000 jobs in Austin are held by medical assistants, and 3.494/1000 are held by licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.

After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Virginia College-Austin ends up costing a student $15,194/yr.


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