Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is a major offered under the health professions program of study at Northland Community and Technical College. 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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In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Northland Community and Technical College was $170 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $5,176 | $5,176 |
Fees | $617 | $617 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
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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 associate degree at Northland Community and Technical College in Medical Assisting walked away with an average of $22,449 in student debt. That is 15% higher than the national average of $19,521.
The median early career salary of medical assisting students who receive their associate degree from Northland Community and Technical College is $37,568 per year. That is 25% higher than the national average of $30,020.
Northland Community and Technical College 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 Northland Community and Technical College Online Learning page.
Women made up around 76.2% of the medical assisting students who took home an associate degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 81.1%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 14.3% of the medical assisting associate degrees at Northland Community and Technical College in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 44%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 |
White | 18 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Occupational Therapist Assistant | 7 |
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant | 3 |
Physical Therapy Assistant | 11 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Health & Medical Administrative Services | 13 |
Allied Health Professions | 27 |
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 4 |
Nursing | 78 |
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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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.