2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 77,593 people earned their degree in allied health and medical assisting services, making the major the 33rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, allied health and medical assisting services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,454 and had an average of $15,514 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 6,487 allied health and medical assisting services graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,226 and $14,851 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 106 allied health and medical assisting services graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in allied health and medical assisting services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality allied health and medical assisting services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the allied health and medical assisting services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Saint Francis University

Loretto, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$25,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$102,706 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Saint Francis University landed the #1 spot on the list. Saint Francis University is located in Loretto, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 78 masters’s medical assisting degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Saint Francis, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Saint Francis are $25,500, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Saint Francis

#2

University of Maryland - Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$34,877 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$94,408 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Maryland - Baltimore is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s medical assisting degrees to qualified students.

UMB also took the #1 spot in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - Baltimore are $34,877.

Full UMB Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Report

#3

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$37,074 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$87,420 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Drexel University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s medical assisting students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Drexel, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Drexel University are $37,074, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Drexel Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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