If you take the time to get your medical assistant degree you can increase your income potential. While virtually all medical assistant jobs make good money, you can often make even more money if you’ve taken the time to get your degree. This means that you can do a specialty, get your certification and be of more value to a medical facility. Often, you can even chose which facility to work in because you have the degree which many of your job applicant competitors don’t have. It really gives you the leading edge.