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Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Wayne State University

If you are interested in studying allied health and medical assisting services, you may want to check out the program at Wayne State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Wayne State is located in Detroit, Michigan and approximately 26,241 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services section at the bottom of this page.

Wayne State Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Wayne State Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

Earnings of Wayne State Medical Assisting Graduates

The median salary of medical assisting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wayne State is $78,723. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 160% higher than the national average of $30,256 for all medical assisting bachelor's degree recipients.

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Wayne State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the medical assisting majors at Wayne State University.

Wayne State Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Master’s Program

83% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The medical assisting program at Wayne State awarded 6 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 17% of these degrees went to men with the other 83% going to women.

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Of the students who received a medical assisting master's degree from Wayne State, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Wayne State University with a master's in medical assisting.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Medical Assisting Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical assisting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MI, the home state for Wayne State University.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Medical Assistants 23,680 $32,540
Pharmacy Technicians 15,580 $32,660
Health Specialties Professors 5,440 $131,020
Physician Assistants 4,490 $110,240
Surgical Technologists 4,240 $43,280

References

*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.

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