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 Ross College-Quad Cities. 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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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. Medical Assisting students who received their associate degree at Ross College-Quad Cities took out an average of $20,138 in student loans. That is 3% higher than the national average of $19,521.
The median early career salary of medical assisting students who receive their associate degree from Ross College-Quad Cities is $33,755 per year. That is 12% higher than the national average of $30,020.
Ross College-Quad Cities 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 Ross College-Quad Cities Online Learning page.
About 87.5% 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 31.3% of the medical assisting associate degrees at Ross College-Quad Cities in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 44%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 11 |
| 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 | 16 |
*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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