by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Occupational Therapist 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 Piedmont Technical College. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the associate degree program in medical assisting, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Piedmont Technical College was $270 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $216 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,070 | $6,348 |
| Fees | $245 | $245 |
| Books and Supplies | $2,000 | $2,000 |
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Medical Assisting students who received their associate degree at Piedmont Technical College took out an average of $25,500 in student loans. That is 31% higher than the national average of $19,521.
Online degrees for the Piedmont Technical College medical assisting associate degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Piedmont Technical College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 75.0% of the medical assisting students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 81.1%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in medical assisting at Piedmont Technical College in 2019-2020, 25.0% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 44%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 3 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Occupational Therapist Assistant | 4 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to allied health and medical assisting services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Allied Health Professions | 51 |
| Nursing | 147 |
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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.
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