The main focus area for this major is Physical Therapy Assistant. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Indian River State College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major associate degree program in medical assisting, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Indian River State College paid an average of $390 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $104 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $2,496 | $9,360 |
Fees | $268 | $841 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their associate degree at Indian River State College in Medical Assisting walked away with an average of $7,750 in student debt. That is 60% lower than the national average of $19,521.
The median early career salary of medical assisting students who receive their associate degree from Indian River State College is $33,993 per year. That is 13% higher than the national average of $30,020.
Indian River State College does not offer an online option for its medical assisting associate degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Indian River State College Online Learning page.
About 88.2% of the students who received their Associate in medical assisting in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 81.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 29.4% of the medical assisting associate degrees at Indian River State College in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 44%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 10 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Physical Therapy Assistant | 17 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to allied health and medical assisting services.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Dental Support Services | 17 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 11 |
Allied Health Professions | 28 |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 11 |
Mental & Social Health Services | 15 |
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*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.