Program Accreditation Information

Each year the Edgecombe Community College Medical Assisting Program reports the program effectiveness data to the Medical Assisting Review Board (MAERB): The Credentialing Examination Threshold has recently been changed to a participation requirement of 30% of all graduates and a passage rate of 60% of all participants (it is important to note that our data will not be monitored for this threshold until the 2018 annual report due to the new change and it is now reported as of the 2014 annual report). There is no exam history for prior cohorts because of this change.

Note: Students are not able to obtain either one of the 18 credit-hour Certificates without having completed the Associate Degree medical assisting program. In order to obtain the given Certificate, the student must graduate from the ECC Associate Degree medical assisting program, which is a CAAHEP-accredited program.

Participation

MAERB Participation Threshold: 60%

Year of Graduation	Total # of Graduates	# of Students Who Took the CMA Exam	Exam Participation Rate %
2019	6	6	100%
2018	8	7	88%
2017	6	5	83%
2016	8	8	100%
2015	10	10	100%
Total	38	36	94%

Passage

MAERB Passage Threshold: 60%

Year of Graduation	# of Students Who Graduated	# of Students Who Took the CMA Exam	# of Students Who Passed the CMA Exam	Exam Passage Rate %
2018	8	7	6	85.71%

Job Placement Rate

MAERB Job Placement Threshold of 60% was achieved with 100%

Year	# of Graduates	# of Positive Placements	# of Grads Employed as a Medical Asst. or Related Field	Placement Rate
2018	8	8	8	100%

Note: The data collected above is a breakdown of each individual outcome based on students hired after completing the Medical Assisting Program.

Each area demonstrates the individual percentage and has a sum of 100% of students obtaining jobs after certification and graduation from the Medical Assisting Program at Edgecombe Community College.

Annual Retention Rate (ARR)

2018 Cohort	86%	7 began, 6 graduated
2017 Cohort	67%	9 began, 6 graduated
2016 Cohort	73%	11 began, 8 graduated
2015 Cohort	75%	8 began, 6 graduated
2014 Cohort	100%	8 began, 8 graduated

2014 – 2018:  Five-year weighted average ARR is 82%

MAERB Retention Threshold: 60%

Updated:  06/07/2021