Medical Assistant Schools in North Carolina

North Carolina offers hands-on training at a number of schools for people looking to pursue a health care career. The medical assisting profession can be a good career choice for anyone who enjoys the idea of helping others manage their health care needs. It's a profession that provides a rewarding career for many, along with various professional growth opportunities.

Are you wondering what medical assistants do? As a medical assistant, you're likely to work with other health care professionals, like doctors, nurses and other medical assistants. You may be asked to take patient blood samples, schedule patient appointments, or maintain various billing and coding information.

If you were an entry-level medical assistant in 2011, you would have earned an average starting salary of $21,400. Median annual wages for that same year were $28,500. North Carolina employed 10,080 medical assistants in 2008. By 2018, the total number of employed medical assistants is expected to increase by 38 percent (13,870 medical assistants total).

• Alamance Community College - Graham
• Cabarrus College of Health Sciences - Concord
• Carteret Community College - Morehead City
• Central Carolina Community College - Chatham - Sanford
• Central Piedmont Community College - Charlotte
• Haywood Community College - Clyde
• James Sprunt Community College - Kenansville
• Mitchell Community College - Statesville

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