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 Professional Skills Institute. 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, and more.
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The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $12,002 | $12,002 |
| Fees | $765 | $765 |
| Books and Supplies | $880 | $880 |
Learn more about Professional Skills Institute 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 Professional Skills Institute took out an average of $27,000 in student loans. That is 38% higher than the national average of $19,521.
The median early career salary of medical assisting students who receive their associate degree from Professional Skills Institute is $36,627 per year. That is 22% higher than the national average of $30,020.
Professional Skills Institute 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 Professional Skills Institute Online Learning page.
Women made up around 55.6% of the medical assisting students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 81.1%.
Of those graduates who received an associate degree in medical assisting at Professional Skills Institute in 2019-2020, 5.6% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 44%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 34 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Physical Therapy Assistant | 36 |
*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.
