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Medical Office Administration or Medical Assistant?

I am trying to decide to go to school for Medical Assistant or for Medical Office Administration. There is a two year waiting period for nursing as well as physical therapist assistant and many other programs at the local colleges. The two programs that I can get into are Medical Office Administration and Medical Assistant The school offers a 12 month class for Medical Office Administration and a 16 month class for Medical Assistant. Neither one offers a degree but a Certificate. This is an accredited College that is available for Pell Grants from FASFA. Brookstone College of Business in Greensboro North Carolina and it's not a cheap school at $16,800 for Medical Assistant $12,000 for Medical Office Administration There is also an internship near the end of the school program. and a job placement specialist and so far all of their graduates have all got jobs. Right now I am just trying to choose between the two. The person I spoke with at the school told me that Medical Assistant's make more money, and men in the field are in high demand. The problem is that everything I see online tells me that Medical Office Administration makes more money. I have searched Salary.com and a few other places. Has anyone here worked at either, or know someone who has. I am not planning on doing any additional education years later to become a nurse or anything so whatever I choose would be a the career path I go into. My questions are these 1) Which position makes more money? 2) Which position would be easier to get? 3) What is a typical day like for these two positions?

Public Comments

1. medical assistant it primes the way for nursing or nurse practitioner or dr
2. I am currently studying to be a Medical Assistant, I have heard that they make more money then a Medical Office Assistant. Do whatever you think would be suitable for you, either is a good career path.
3. There actually aren't supposed to be too many jobs for the medical assistant (or medical biller or coder) despite what those private $$ schools proclaim. Please do Not spend that kind of money on vo-tech training :) Just fyi that the medical office administration program should have similar coursework to the medical assistant one but without the clinical/hands-on training. If still wanting training, please consider the county vo-tech school or community college as long as it's accredited within the industry. US colleges: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ Please steer clear of those online, for-profit schools such as strayer, penn foster, u of phoenix, capella, kaplan, ITT tech, sanford brown, devry, walden, stratford career, US career and others as they are merely out to 'make a profit': http://www.ripoffreport.com and can type into search. General career info: http://www.bls.gov/oco and can search 'medical assistants', 'physical therapist assistants' or such.