Ok so, I'll try not to make this super long..sorry in advance! Currently I am 24 years old and looking to go back to school. I have zero degrees thus far but have a certification. I currently work as a Nursing Assistant at a very huge, well known hospital (not that that really matters too much) and I currently make a little over $25,000 per year with little experience as a nursing assistant prior to this. I want a degree so badly though and have been indecisive as far as what I want to go back to school for. 80% of me wants to become a Medical Assistant HOWEVER everyone I speak to keeps telling me the following things: 1) they don't make much more than what I make now..which is not true because starting off at the hospital I currently work at they make almost $33,000 per year! And 2) it's the same type of work as a Nursing Assistant which is what I already am (which I agree and disagree with)...yes I know it's relatively the same work but I think MA's have better perks (better hours, clinic setting, etc)