by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Clinical/Medical Laboratory 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 Southwest University at El Paso. 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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Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $14,000 | $14,000 |
| Fees | $2,000 | $2,000 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,400 | $1,400 |
Learn more about Southwest University at El Paso tuition and fees.
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. Medical Assisting students who received their associate degree at Southwest University at El Paso took out an average of $18,834 in student loans. That is 4% lower than the national average of $19,521.
The median early career salary of medical assisting students who receive their associate degree from Southwest University at El Paso is $19,075 per year. That is 36% lower than the national average of $30,020.
Online degrees for the Southwest University at El Paso 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 Southwest University at El Paso Online Learning page.
About 80.5% of the students who received their Associate in medical assisting in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 81.1%.
Around 93.1% of medical assisting associate degree recipients at Southwest University at El Paso in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 44%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 15 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 309 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 21 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 3 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant | 349 |
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 | 83 |
| Allied Health Professions | 38 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 40 |
| Nursing | 26 |
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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