Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Emory University

If you plan to study allied health and medical assisting services, take a look at what Emory University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Emory is located in Atlanta, Georgia and has a total student population of 13,997.

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.

Emory Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Medical Assisting

Emory Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Rankings

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Medical Assisting Student Demographics at Emory

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

Emory Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Master’s Program

The medical assisting program at Emory awarded 35 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 34% of these degrees went to men with the other 66% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 13% men graduate in medical assisting each year. Emory does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 22% more men than average.

Of the students who received a medical assisting master's degree from Emory, 60% 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 Emory University with a master's in medical assisting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Concentrations Within Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services

If you plan to be a medical assisting major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Emory University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Anesthesiologist Assistant	35

Related Majors

• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Medical Science
• Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions
• Allied Health Professions
• Medicine

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 GA, the home state for Emory University.

Occupation	Jobs in GA	Average Salary in GA
Medical Assistants	24,570	$32,060
Pharmacy Technicians	12,450	$30,240
Health Specialties Professors	4,970	$119,400
Surgical Technologists	4,410	$44,830
Physician Assistants	3,470	$103,190

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Mpspqr under License

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