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Best Value Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$19,185 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate School for You

In 2021-2022, allied health professions students earned 1,744 degrees and certificates from a Pennsylvania school, making the subject the 4th in the state.

There are so many trade school programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Value Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for allied health students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for allied health majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Allied Health Professions

Our 2023 rankings named Community College of Allegheny County the best value school in Pennsylvania for allied health professions students working on their basic certificate. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, CCAC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCAC are $8,563 a year.

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Out of the 6 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Bucks County Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Bucks County Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Newtown.

Bucks County Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,184 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Northampton County Area Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health professions schools in Pennsylvania. Northampton Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Bethlehem.

Northampton Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,650 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health professions schools in Pennsylvania. Located in the suburb of Lancaster, PA College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

PA College undergraduate students pay an average of $30,821 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Gannon University

Erie, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Gannon University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the small city of Erie, Gannon is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Gannon are $36,706 per year.

Gannon did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Allied Health Professions Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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All-State Career School - Lester landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value basic certificate allied health professions programs. All-State Career School - Lester is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Essington.

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Best Value Allied Health Professions Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Allied Health Professions Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 2,398
New Jersey 1,086
Maryland 669
Delaware 90
District of Columbia 36

Allied Health Professions is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Allied Health Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) 27,240
Physician Assistant 12,000
Radiologic Technology 10,633
Surgical Technology 7,412
Respiratory Care Therapy 6,569
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician 6,160
Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapy 4,080
Athletic Training 3,408
Other Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions 2,012
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist 1,367
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Technology 773
Electrocardiograph Technology/Technician 652
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist 575
Electroneurodiagnostic/Electroencephalographic Technology/Technologist 391
Polysomnography 233
Perfusion Technology/Perfusionist 147
Mammography Technician/Technology 109
Cardiopulmonary Technology 51
Radiation Protection/Health Physics Technician 48
Hearing Instrument Specialist 18
Orthopedic Technology 17
Gene/Genetic Therapy 10

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 88,600
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 83,587
Health Sciences & Services 36,762
Mental & Social Health Services 30,331

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 6 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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