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CIP 51.0710 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Medical Office Assistant/Specialist.

A program that prepares individuals, under the supervision of office managers and other professionals, to perform routine administrative duties in a medical, clinical, or health care facility/system office environment. Includes instruction in general office skills, data processing, office equipment operation, principles of medical record-keeping and business regulations, medical/clinical office procedures, and communications skills.

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These institutions reported at least one first-major completion in this field in the connected reporting years ending 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020. This shows historical award activity, not a complete list of available programs or an assurance that a course is accepting applications.

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Sources: NCES CIP 2020 classification and C2023_A.zip, C2024_A.zip, C2025_A.zip, C2020_A.zip, C2021_A.zip, C2022_A.zip, C2024_A.zip.

Connected Medical Office Assistant/Specialist award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 51.0710. Institution counts overlap across levels and years. Award counts are historical first-major awards, not unique people, available places, programme quality or a graduation rate.

Year endingAward levelReporting institutionsPositive awards
2025Certificate 1–2 years801,316
2025Associate degree301,027
2025Certificate 2–4 years12
2025Bachelor degree14
2025Certificate under 12 weeks5327
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year921,936
2024Certificate 1–2 years841,466
2024Associate degree34963
2024Certificate 2–4 years232
2024Certificate under 12 weeks6200
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1041,758
2023Certificate 1–2 years891,314
2023Associate degree39832
2023Certificate under 12 weeks339
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1051,954
2022Certificate 1–2 years1041,448
2022Associate degree50997
2022Certificate under 12 weeks3103
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1182,433
2021Certificate 1–2 years1111,522
2021Associate degree53715
2021Bachelor degree11
2021Postbaccalaureate certificate11
2021Certificate under 12 weeks221
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1102,625
2020Certificate 1–2 years1141,313
2020Associate degree50564
2020Bachelor degree22
2020Postbaccalaureate certificate12
2020Certificate under 12 weeks4168
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1112,744

A year ending 2025 describes July 2024–June 2025. Do not add different years to estimate an entering class or current enrolment. Follow an institution's field link below to inspect the exact records.

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CIP 51.0710 is a reporting classification. The official definition above explains its scope, while a university may use a different programme title. Related fields in classification family 51 can involve different curricula and award levels.

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A positive award observation establishes historical activity in this classification. It does not confirm a current application opening, professional recognition, a specific delivery format or career outcome.

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Institutions with reported graduates

326 institutions

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