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Medical Assisting Associate's degree or diploma

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With the healthcare industry continuing to expand, medical facilities throughout the country are in need of knowledgeable, skilled, and compassionate medical assistants. As a graduate of our Medical Assisting Associate's degree or Medical Assisting Diploma, you will be prepared to start a successful career providing direct patient care that has a positive and memorable impact on patients and their well-being.

Learn the skills needed to provide positive and memorable patient care

Earning our Medical Assisting Associate’s degree or diploma will not only prepare you for a career in one of the fastest growing positions in healthcare, it will provide a valuable foundation to further your education. Your practical and comprehensive coursework will include anatomy, physiology, administering injections, performing EKGs, and venipuncture. You will also complete a 240-hour clinical externship designed to give you comprehensive real-world work experience.

You can earn your degree on campus or through a combination of on campus and online courses. Our dedicated instructors are industry practitioners, and they are focused on your success. They understand what employers want in a medical assistant and will help you prepare for the national credentialing exam, which you can apply for at no additional cost—Rasmussen College will cover the application fee.

Learn more about our Medical Assisting Associate’s degree or diploma, and how it can help you start your healthcare career. Complete the contact request form on the right or call us at (888) 549-6755. One of our program managers will be happy to talk with you and answer all of your questions.

*Offered in Moorhead, MN as a Medical Office Assistant degree.

Medical Assisting Courses

Your blended online and residential diploma or degree in Medical Assisting will give you a solid understanding of medical terminology, anatomy, pathology and basic concepts of pharmacology and psychology. Medical assistants provide direct patient care and are tasked with procedures that are important to their patients’ health such as measuring vital signs, administering injections, and performing venipuncture (taking blood).

Some key courses include:

Clinical Skills I
You will learn to run the medical office as well as learn how to take a blood sample.

Laboratory Skills for Medical Assisting
You will collect specimen samples and perform laboratory procedures.

Medical Assisting Externship
You will work as a medical assistant in a real medical office.

View courses – Medical Assisting Associate’s Courses

View courses – Medical Assisting Diploma Courses

** Medical Assisting students must receive the complete series of hepatitis B vaccinations before they will be eligible to begin their externship. In addition to fulfilling Rasmussen College’s general graduation requirements, Medical Assisting students must successfully complete all 61 Medical Assisting competencies and receive CPR and first-aid certification before they will be eligible to graduate.

Medical Assisting Career Outlook

Medical assisting is a vital career that helps keep society healthy. As a medical assistant, you will be a respected member of the healthcare team – often in a non critical setting – where your contributions maintain high quality patient care and a positive patient experience.

Here’s a snapshot of the current career outlook:


Salary & growth statistics provided by the BLS ‡		 25th Percentile 50th Percentile 75th Percentile Projected Growth
Medical Assistants $24,060 $28,650 $33,760 34%

 

The Rasmussen College career placement services staff starts helping you even before you graduate – with your resume, cover letter, interviewing techniques and how to search for a great career.

‡"Occupational Employment Statistics Home Page." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Department of Labor, 27 July 2010. Web. 27 Sept. 2010.

"Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition." U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. U.S. Department of Labor, Dec. 2009. Web. 29 Nov. 2010.

BLS salary data may not reflect expected entry level earnings.

Seamless Credit Transfer Policies

Transferring your credits doesn’t need to be difficult. At Rasmussen College, our transfer policies are designed to maximize your credit transfer and minimize your time to graduation.

Check out some of our highlighted transfer policies below and visit our Transfer Student page for a full listing and description of our policies and eligibility requirements.

  • Credit by examination, which gives you an opportunity to test out of courses where you can demonstrate specific knowledge. These tests are offered free of charge to Rasmussen College students.
  • School of Health Sciences and Medical Coding practicum course waivers¹
  • Earn college credit through prior work, learning, and military experiences

Contact a program manager today at 888-549-6755 or complete the form on the right and one of our program managers will contact you to discuss transferring your college credit to Rasmussen College.

¹Refer to the School of Health sciences and Medical Coding waiver.