by our College Data Analytics TeamThe 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 Pima Medical Institute - Tucson. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s 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.
If there’s something special you’re looking for, you can use one of the links below to find it:
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
Take your associate degree in an allied health field to the next level with this specialized transfer friendly online bachelor of science from Southern New Hampshire University.
In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at PMI Tucson was ranked #631 on College Factual's Best Schools for medical assisting list. It is also ranked #10 in Arizona.
Here are some of the other rankings for PMI Tucson.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at PMI Tucson in Medical Assisting walked away with an average of $34,533 in student debt. That is 55% higher than the national average of $22,339.
medical assisting who receive their bachelor’s degree from PMI Tucson make an average of $54,880 a year during the early days of their career. That is 95% higher than the national average of $28,093.
If you’re interested in online learning, you’re in luck. PMI Tucson does offer online classes in its medical assisting bachelor’s degree program. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the PMI Tucson Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in medical assisting in 2019-2020, 63.2% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 78.2%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 50.0% of the medical assisting bachelor’s degrees at PMI Tucson in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 32%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 3 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 10 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 19 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Physical Therapy Assistant | 38 |
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 | 147 |
| Allied Health Professions | 89 |
| Nursing | 11 |
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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
