by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Anesthesiologist 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 Emory University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s 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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Part-time graduates at Emory paid an average of $2,433 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $43,800 | $43,800 |
| Fees | $876 | $876 |
The median early career salary of medical assisting students who receive their master’s degree from Emory is $167,572 per year. That is 36% higher than the national average of $123,075.
Emory does not offer an online option for its medical assisting master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Emory Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in medical assisting in 2019-2020, 55.9% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 65.9%.
Around 26.5% of medical assisting master’s degree recipients at Emory in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 32%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 4 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 22 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Anesthesiologist Assistant | 34 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to allied health and medical assisting services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Allied Health Professions | 52 |
| Medical Science | 17 |
| Public Health | 327 |
| Bioethics/Medical Ethics | 9 |
| Nursing | 149 |
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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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