Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Lorain County 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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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at LCCC was $321 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $169 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $3,942 | $7,882 |
Fees | $458 | $458 |
Books and Supplies | $784 | $784 |
Learn more about LCCC tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Medical Assisting students who received their associate degree at LCCC took out an average of $22,054 in student loans. That is 13% higher than the national average of $19,521.
The median early career salary of medical assisting students who receive their associate degree from LCCC is $39,009 per year. That is 30% higher than the national average of $30,020.
Online degrees for the LCCC 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 LCCC Online Learning page.
Women made up around 61.3% of the medical assisting students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 81.1%.
Around 12.9% of medical assisting associate degree recipients at LCCC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 44%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 2 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 25 |
International Students | 1 |
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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Medical/Clinical Assistant | 8 |
Occupational Therapist Assistant | 7 |
Physical Therapy Assistant | 16 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to allied health and medical assisting services.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Dental Support Services | 15 |
Allied Health Professions | 34 |
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 7 |
Nursing | 192 |
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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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.