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Empower Your Career with a Healthcare Associate’s Degree

In as few as 18 months, you can develop the foundational healthcare knowledge and business proficiency needed to keep your skills relevant in today's industry. With the Healthcare Associate’s program at Rasmussen University, you choose among these specializations: Medical Administrative Assistant, Pharmacy Technician, Medical Assisting or Healthcare Administration. You pick your specialization, then take Healthcare courses in core areas of career success in order to stay relevant in today’s industry.

The degree type can vary based on specialization and state:

  • Healthcare Administration specialization is an Associate of Science (AS) degree in FL, and an Associate of Applied Science (AAS) degree in KS, MN, ND and WI.
  • Medical Administrative Assistant specialization is an AAS degree.
  • Medical Assisting specialization is an AS degree in FL, and an AAS degree in KS, MN, ND and WI.
  • Pharmacy Technician specialization is an AAS degree.

For Illinois residents, please visit our Health Sciences Associate’s degree page.


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Your Healthcare Associate’s degree can give you essential skills for your future career:

  1. Healthcare Strategies: Practice functional finance, organizational leadership and human resources skills aimed to improve efficiencies in any healthcare environment.
  2. Written and Interpersonal Communication: Hone written and verbal communication skills to advocate for patients, ensure confidentiality and improve patient care.
  3. Customer and Patient Service: Develop and enhance the customer service and communication skills you need to fill key direct patient care roles and indirect patient care roles on any healthcare team.
  4. Diversity Awareness: Learn how to deliver care effectively and respectfully to patients from a variety of cultures and backgrounds.

Empowered Learning®

With Empowered Learning®, you show what you know—at your pace—and stay connected with faculty and peers throughout the course.

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Sometimes, the key to progress in your education is giving you control over how you learn.

And that’s where Empowered Learning® comes in.

In this innovative online learning platform, you learn by doing.

Instead of tests and papers, you create real projects and gain skills you can put to work right away.

You get multiple tries for each project,

To prove that you know what you’re doing—just like real life.

Manage your pace to fit your life,

Because life happens.

Have a busy work week? Or, need more time on a new skill?

With Empowered Learning, you control how fast or slow you go.

You also learn in a supportive community.

Meet one-on-one with your instructor and have group discussions with your classmates.

You’re in this together with your Rasmussen University team.

And we’re here to support you every step of the way.

Giving you the green light with Empowered Learning.

Empowered Learning®

Your online Healthcare Associate's degree courses are built in Empowered Learning®, which allows you to:

  • Access courses anytime, from almost anywhere
  • Go faster when you can, and slower when you need to
  • Create real-world projects that prove your new knowledge
  • Stay connected with faculty and peers in live sessions

Still curious about Empowered Learning®? Watch the video to learn more.

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