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Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$19,495 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,375 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, allied health & medical assisting services was ranked 3rd in Rhode Island. In fact, 236 were awarded in the state in 2021-2022.

Today's trade school students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience.

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 Services Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for medical assisting students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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


 

2023 Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Check out the medical assisting associate degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Allied Health Services

Our analysis found Community College of Rhode Island to be the best value school for allied health & medical assisting services students who want to pursue a associate degree in Rhode Island. CCRI is a fairly large public school located in the city of Warwick.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCRI are $5,090 a year. While working on their Associate Degree, medical assisting majors at CCRI accumulate an average of around $11,433 in student debt.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CCRI is ranked #2 for overall quality for medical assisting in Rhode Island.

Read full report on Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Community College of Rhode Island

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England Institute of Technology. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the suburb of East Greenwich, New England Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at New England Tech are $33,900 per year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at New England Tech take out while working on their Associate Degree is $17,028.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, New England Tech is ranked #1 for overall quality for medical assisting in Rhode Island.

Read full report on Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at New England Institute of Technology

Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 875
Maine 300
Connecticut 933
New Hampshire 47
Vermont 39

One of 11 majors within the trade school area of study, allied health & medical assisting services has other similar majors worth exploring.

Medical Assisting Concentrations

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 2 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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