by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Pharmacy Technician/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 Ultimate Medical Academy - Clearwater. 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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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. Students who received their associate degree at UMA Clearwater in Medical Assisting walked away with an average of $19,782 in student debt. That is about the same as the national average of $19,521.
The median early career salary of medical assisting students who receive their associate degree from UMA Clearwater is $21,622 per year. That is 28% lower than the national average of $30,020.
Online degrees for the UMA Clearwater 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 UMA Clearwater Online Learning page.
Women made up around 91.3% of the medical assisting students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 81.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 37.6% of the medical assisting associate degrees at UMA Clearwater in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 44%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 51 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
| White | 37 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 80 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Pharmacy Technician/Assistant | 173 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to allied health and medical assisting services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Dental Support Services | 5 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 5,049 |
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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.
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