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Des Moines Area Community College Associate in Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

The main focus area for this major is Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician & Veterinary 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 Des Moines Area Community 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, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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How Much Does an Associate in Medical Assisting from DMACC Cost?

$4,800 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$14,250 Average Student Debt

DMACC Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

In 2018-2019, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at DMACC was $320 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $160 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $4,800 $9,600
Fees $0 $0
Books and Supplies $904 $904
On Campus Room and Board $7,248 $7,248
On Campus Other Expenses $1,626 $1,626

Learn more about DMACC tuition and fees.

DMACC Medical Assisting Associate Student Debt

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 DMACC in Medical Assisting walked away with an average of $14,250 in student debt. That is 27% lower than the national average of $19,521.

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How Much Can You Make With an Associate in Medical Assisting From DMACC?

$25,800 Average Salary
Below Average Earnings Boost

medical assisting who receive their associate degree from DMACC make an average of $25,800 a year during the early days of their career. That is 14% lower than the national average of $30,020.

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Does DMACC Offer an Online Associate in Medical Assisting?

Online degrees for the DMACC 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 DMACC Online Learning page.

DMACC Associate Student Diversity for Medical Assisting

22 Associate Degrees Awarded
95.5% Women
9.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2018-2019 academic year, 22 students received their associate degree in medical assisting. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 95.5% of the medical assisting students who took home an associate degree in 2018-2019. This is higher than the nationwide number of 83.7%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 9.1% of the medical assisting associate degrees at DMACC in 2018-2019. This is lower than the nationwide number of 41%.

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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 18
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Associate in Medical Assisting Focus Areas at DMACC

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician & Veterinary Assistant 22

You may also be interested in one of these majors related to allied health and medical assisting services.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Dental Support Services 20
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17
Allied Health Professions 18
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 16
Nursing 162

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References

*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.

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