by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Medical/Clinical 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 Gateway Community and Technical College. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the associate degree program in medical assisting, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Gateway paid an average of $627 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $179 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $4,296 | $15,048 |
| Fees | $272 | $272 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,026 | $1,026 |
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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 Gateway took out an average of $16,281 in student loans. That is 17% lower than the national average of $19,521.
The median early career salary of medical assisting students who receive their associate degree from Gateway is $25,194 per year. That is 16% lower than the national average of $30,020.
Gateway 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 Gateway Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their associate degree in medical assisting in 2019-2020, all of them were women.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 18.2% of the medical assisting associate degrees at Gateway in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 44%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 9 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Medical/Clinical Assistant | 11 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to allied health and medical assisting services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 17 |
| Allied Health Professions | 13 |
| Nursing | 64 |
View All Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Related Majors >
*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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