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 University of Missouri - Kansas City. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in medical assisting, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at UMKC was $1,050 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $407 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,761 | $25,202 |
| Fees | $1,497 | $1,497 |
medical assisting who receive their master’s degree from UMKC make an average of $174,023 a year during the early days of their career. That is 41% higher than the national average of $123,075.
UMKC 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 UMKC Online Learning page.
About 66.7% of the students who received their Master’s in medical assisting in 2019-2020 were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 65.9%.
Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in medical assisting at UMKC in 2019-2020, 16.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 32%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 1 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 10 |
| 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 |
|---|---|
| Anesthesiologist Assistant | 12 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to allied health and medical assisting services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences | 4 |
| Dental Support Services | 3 |
| Allied Health Professions | 21 |
| Nursing | 80 |
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.