2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services in Georgia (With Aid)

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In 2019-2020, 77,593 people earned their degree in allied health and medical assisting services, making the major the 33rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, allied health and medical assisting services graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,454 and had an average of $15,514 in loans still to pay off.

Across Georgia, there were 2,828 allied health and medical assisting services graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,393 and $20,802 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 allied health and medical assisting services graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,988 and $43,995 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in allied health and medical assisting services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent allied health and medical assisting services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the allied health and medical assisting services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 “Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services in Georgia (With Aid)

#1

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$44,676 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$167,572 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Emory University landed the #1 spot on the list. Emory University is a fairly large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 34 masters’s medical assisting degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Emory, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Emory are $44,676.

Read more about Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Emory

#2

South University, Savannah

Savannah, Georgia

#2 in overall quality

$16,320 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$174,398 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Medical Assisting Schools for a Master’s in Georgia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, South University, Savannah landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 24 masters’s medical assisting degrees in 2019-2020.

South University, Savannah also made our “Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Master’s Degree Schools in Georgia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at South University, Savannah are $16,320, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at South University, Savannah

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• 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 our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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