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 California University of Pennsylvania. 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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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Cal U was $482 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $322 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $7,716 | $11,574 |
Fees | $3,392 | $4,152 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,416 | $10,416 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $5,002 | $5,002 |
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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 Cal U took out an average of $23,283 in student loans. That is 19% higher than the national average of $19,521.
medical assisting who receive their associate degree from Cal U make an average of $38,289 a year during the early days of their career. That is 28% higher than the national average of $30,020.
Cal U 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 Cal U Online Learning page.
Women made up around 71.4% of the medical assisting students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 81.1%.
None of the medical assisting associate degree recipients at Cal U in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 6 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
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 | 7 |
*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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