Student Achievement Outcomes

The Ridgewater College Medical Assistant program is pleased to inform students, faculty, and the community about the program outcomes for its Medical Assistant diploma program. Student achievement outcomes are regularly monitored in order to continually make program improvements: graduate completion rate, AAMA (certification exam) pass rate, and job placement rate. The Medical Assistant diploma program is available on both the Willmar and Hutchinson campuses.

Medical Assistant Diploma Graduate Completion Rate Program Outcome

Students are placed into a cohort group upon entrance into a trigger course (MEDA1225, Orientation to Medical Lab)

	2024 cohort group	2023 cohort group	2022 cohort group	2021 cohort group	2020 cohort group
Completion Rate	100%	100%	85.71%	80.77%	75%
Completion Rate for the years 2020-2024 had a 5-year cumulative percentage of 87.64%.

Medical Assistant Diploma Job Placement Rate

Students are placed into a cohort group upon entrance into a trigger course (MEDA1225, Orientation to Medical Lab). Beginning in 2020, data is based on student’s year of graduation.

	2024 graduates	2023 graduates	2022 graduates	2021 graduates	2020 graduates
Placement Rate	95%	85.71%	84.21%	91.67%	84.62%
Job Placement for the years 2020-2024 had a 5-year cumulative percentage of 88.46%.