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Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey

2023 Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey

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Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate School for You

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in New Jersey. With 1,749 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, it ranked 2nd out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Trade College Search has created its Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best basic certificate programs for trade school students.

View our full ranking methodology.


 

2023 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate Schools in New Jersey

The colleges and universities below are the best for medical assisting majors pursuing a basic certificate.

Top New Jersey Trade Schools for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Allied Health Services

Our analysis found American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education to be the best school for allied health & medical assisting services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in New Jersey. Located in the large suburb of Piscataway, AIMS Education is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#2

ASI Career Institute

Turnersville, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend ASI Career Institute. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey list. ASI Career Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Turnersville.

Full Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at ASI Career Institute Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Medical Career Institute. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the suburb of Ocean, Medical Career Institute is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#4

Union County College

Cranford, NJ

The excellent basic certificate programs at Union County College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health & medical assisting services schools in New Jersey. Located in the large suburb of Cranford, Union County College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Prism Career Institute, West Atlantic City helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best allied health & medical assisting services schools in New Jersey. Located in the midsize suburb of West Atlantic City, Prism Career Institute is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Full Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Prism Career Institute, West Atlantic City Report

Prism Career Institute, Cherry Hill came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey ranking. Prism Career Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Cherry Hill.

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Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health & medical assisting services students to get a basic certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the suburb of Sewell, RCSJ is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 3,605
Pennsylvania 1,726
Maryland 676
Delaware 183
District of Columbia 67

Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.

Medical Assisting Focus Areas

Major Annual Graduates
Medical/Clinical Assistant 54,553
Pharmacy Technician/Assistant 7,327
Physical Therapy Assistant 6,499
Occupational Therapist Assistant 4,508
Other Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services 4,145
Emergency Care Attendant (EMT Ambulance) 3,373
Radiologist Assistant 1,360
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Assistant 571
Respiratory Therapy Technician/Assistant 375
Anesthesiologist Assistant 371
Speech-Language Pathology Assistant 299
Pathology/Pathologist Assistant 157
Lactation Consultant 49

Related Major Annual Graduates
Health & Medical Administrative Services 88,600
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 85,339
Allied Health Professions 83,905
Health Sciences & Services 36,762
Mental & Social Health Services 30,331

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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