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 West Virginia 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, and more.
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During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at WVU paid an average of $1,453 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $563 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,134 | $26,154 |
medical assisting who receive their master’s degree from WVU make an average of $86,498 a year during the early days of their career. That is 30% lower than the national average of $123,075.
WVU 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 WVU Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in medical assisting in 2019-2020, 78.6% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 65.9%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 14.3% of the medical assisting master’s degrees at WVU in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 32%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 11 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Pathology/Pathologist Assistant | 14 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to allied health and medical assisting services.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Health Sciences & Services | 31 |
| Communication Sciences | 28 |
| Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences | 8 |
| Medical Science | 4 |
| Public Health | 16 |
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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.