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2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree School for You
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of the most popular subjects to study in West Virginia. With 810 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in West Virginia 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
2023 Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Associate Degree Schools
Our analysis found Blue Ridge Community and Technical College to be the best value school for allied health & medical assisting services students who want to pursue a associate degree in West Virginia. Blue Ridge Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the rural area of Martinsburg.
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,128 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, medical assisting graduates from Blue Ridge Community and Technical College take out $14,256 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in West Virginia list.
Out of the 13 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Mountwest Community and Technical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. MCTC is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Huntington.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MCTC are $4,818 per year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at MCTC take out while working on their Associate Degree is $8,780.
Out of the 13 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Pierpont Community and Technical College landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the town of Fairmont, Pierpont Community and Technical College is a public school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pierpont Community and Technical College are $5,086 per year. Medical Assisting majors at Pierpont Community and Technical College take out an average of $15,852 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
Pierpont Community and Technical College also took the #2 spot in our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in West Virginia rankings.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend BridgeValley Community & Technical College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia list. Located in the midsize suburb of South Charleston, BridgeValley Community & Technical College is a public college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at BridgeValley Community & Technical College are $5,132 a year.
Out of the 13 schools in West Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia Northern Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. WVNCC is a small public school located in the small city of Wheeling.
WVNCC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,394 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree allied health & medical assisting services programs. Southern is a small public school located in the distant town of Mount Gay.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southern are $4,359 a year.
West Virginia Junior College - Morgantown did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health & medical assisting services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVJC Morgantown is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WVJC Morgantown are $14,102 per year. On average, medical assisting graduates from WVJC Morgantown take out $8,503 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.
WVJC Morgantown also took the #3 spot in our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in West Virginia rankings.
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With a ranking of #8, New River Community and Technical College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their associate degree. New River Community and Technical College is a small public school located in the small suburb of Beaver.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at New River Community and Technical College are $4,820 per year.
Mountain State College landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree allied health & medical assisting services programs. Mountain State College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of Parkersburg.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mountain State College are $8,665 per year.
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West Virginia Junior College - Charleston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for allied health & medical assisting services students to get a associate degree. It came in at #10 on the list. WVJC Charleston is a small private for-profit school located in the suburb of Cross Lanes.
WVJC Charleston undergraduate students pay an average of $14,529 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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South Carolina | 774 |
Georgia | 2,571 |
Arkansas | 500 |
North Carolina | 1,765 |
Florida | 6,643 |
Louisiana | 2,022 |
Virginia | 1,147 |
Alabama | 1,021 |
Kentucky | 1,120 |
Tennessee | 1,693 |
Mississippi | 664 |
Majors Related to Medical Assisting
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services is one of 11 different types of trade school programs to choose from.
Medical Assisting Focus Areas
Most Popular Majors Related to Medical Assisting
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 13 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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