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CIP 51.0716 · CLASSIFICATION 2020

Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary.

A program that prepares individuals to perform the duties of special assistants and personal secretaries for practicing physicians and nurses, health care facilities and services administrators, and other health care professionals. Includes instruction in business and medical communications, medical terminology, principles of health care operations, public relations and interpersonal communications, software applications, record-keeping and filing systems, scheduling and meeting planning, applicable policy and regulations, and professional standards and ethics.

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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 Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary award observations

Each row describes one ending year and award level for CIP 51.0716. 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 years822,493
2025Associate degree1211,552
2025Certificate 2–4 years122
2025Certificate under 12 weeks228
2025Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year961,929
2024Certificate 1–2 years802,134
2024Associate degree1201,591
2024Certificate 2–4 years15
2024Certificate under 12 weeks113
2024Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1182,065
2023Certificate 1–2 years982,074
2023Associate degree1313,050
2023Certificate 2–4 years17
2023Certificate under 12 weeks231
2023Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1182,135
2022Certificate 1–2 years1131,990
2022Associate degree1362,994
2022Certificate 2–4 years111
2022Certificate under 12 weeks243
2022Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1272,532
2021Certificate 1–2 years1212,344
2021Associate degree1363,097
2021Certificate 2–4 years25
2021Certificate under 12 weeks250
2021Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1272,551
2020Certificate 1–2 years1362,544
2020Associate degree1483,042
2020Certificate 2–4 years116
2020Certificate under 12 weeks355
2020Certificate 12 weeks to under 1 year1192,521

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.

These counts cover exact institution-ID matches to our connected directory, rather than a complete national total. Historical providers outside that population remain in the original source evidence and are not assigned invented matches. Read the population and archive rules →

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CIP 51.0716 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

368 institutions

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