The main focus area for this major is Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services. 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 Plaza College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate degree program in medical assisting, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Plaza College paid an average of $500 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $12,000 | $12,000 |
Fees | $1,450 | $1,450 |
Books and Supplies | $1,700 | $1,700 |
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One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their associate degree at Plaza College in Medical Assisting walked away with an average of $15,955 in student debt. That is 18% lower than the national average of $19,521.
The median early career salary of medical assisting students who receive their associate degree from Plaza College is $27,155 per year. That is 10% lower than the national average of $30,020.
Plaza 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 Plaza College Online Learning page.
About 80.3% of the students who received their Associate in medical assisting in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 81.1%.
Around 87.3% of medical assisting associate degree recipients at Plaza College in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 44%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 9 |
Black or African American | 23 |
Hispanic or Latino | 23 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 9 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 7 |
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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Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services | 71 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Dental Support Services | 33 |
Health & Medical Administrative Services | 26 |
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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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