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 ending	Award level	Reporting institutions	Positive awards
2025	Certificate 1–2 years	80	1,316
2025	Associate degree	30	1,027
2025	Certificate 2–4 years	1	2
2025	Bachelor degree	1	4
2025	Certificate under 12 weeks	5	327
2025	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	92	1,936
2024	Certificate 1–2 years	84	1,466
2024	Associate degree	34	963
2024	Certificate 2–4 years	2	32
2024	Certificate under 12 weeks	6	200
2024	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	104	1,758
2023	Certificate 1–2 years	89	1,314
2023	Associate degree	39	832
2023	Certificate under 12 weeks	3	39
2023	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	105	1,954
2022	Certificate 1–2 years	104	1,448
2022	Associate degree	50	997
2022	Certificate under 12 weeks	3	103
2022	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	118	2,433
2021	Certificate 1–2 years	111	1,522
2021	Associate degree	53	715
2021	Bachelor degree	1	1
2021	Postbaccalaureate certificate	1	1
2021	Certificate under 12 weeks	2	21
2021	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	110	2,625
2020	Certificate 1–2 years	114	1,313
2020	Associate degree	50	564
2020	Bachelor degree	2	2
2020	Postbaccalaureate certificate	1	2
2020	Certificate under 12 weeks	4	168
2020	Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year	111	2,744

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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