When it comes to popularity, a master's degree in allied health & medical assisting services sits in the middle of the road, ranking #155 out of 343 majors in the country. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Georgia to determine which ones were the best for allied health & medical assisting services students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 60 master's degrees in allied health & medical assisting services to qualified students.
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on allied health & medical assisting services students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other allied health & medical assisting services students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How much debt allied health & medical assisting services students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized allied health & medical assisting services related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools
The medical assisting school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Master's Degree Schools in Georgia.
Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services in Georgia
Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in allied health & medical assisting services.
Top Georgia Schools for a Master's in Medical Assisting
Emory University is a great choice for students interested in a master's degree in allied health & medical assisting services. Emory is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Atlanta.
After graduation, medical assisting master's recipients generally make about $185,626 in the first five years of their career.
South University, Savannah is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in allied health & medical assisting services. Located in the medium-sized city of Savannah, South University, Savannah is a private for-profit university with a fairly small student population.
Master's recipients from the allied health & medical assisting services major at South University, Savannah get $3,892 above the average college graduate in this field shortly after graduation.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
