by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Pathology/Pathologist 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 Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. 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, and more.
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Part-time graduates at RFUMS paid an average of $693 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $36,390 | $36,390 |
| Fees | $375 | $375 |
medical assisting who receive their master’s degree from RFUMS make an average of $89,490 a year during the early days of their career. That is 27% lower than the national average of $123,075.
Online degrees for the RFUMS medical assisting master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the RFUMS Online Learning page.
About 93.8% of the students who received their Master’s in medical assisting in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 65.9%.
Around 21.9% of medical assisting master’s degree recipients at RFUMS in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 32%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 2 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 24 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Pathology/Pathologist Assistant | 32 |
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 | 20 |
| Allied Health Professions | 68 |
| Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 9 |
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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.