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Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia

2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

13 Colleges
$9,663 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,375 Avg Salary

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.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Blue Ridge Community and Technical College are $4,128 a 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 did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in West Virginia list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mountwest Community and Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia list. MCTC is a small public school located in the midsize suburb of Huntington.

MCTC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,818 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at MCTC take out while working on their Associate Degree is $8,780.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Pierpont Community and Technical College is a great value for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their associate degree. Located in the distant town of Fairmont, Pierpont Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pierpont Community and Technical College are $5,086 a 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 made our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in West Virginia list, coming in at #2.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means BridgeValley Community & Technical College is a great value for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their associate degree. Located in the 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.

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The excellent associate degree programs at West Virginia Northern Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health & medical assisting services schools in West Virginia. WVNCC is a small public school located in the small city of Wheeling.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WVNCC are $4,394 per year.

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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 town of Mount Gay.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southern are $4,359 per year.

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West Virginia Junior College - Morgantown came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVJC Morgantown is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WVJC Morgantown are $14,102 a year. On average, medical assisting graduates from WVJC Morgantown take out $8,503 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

WVJC Morgantown not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Allied Health Services Associate Degree Trade Schools in West Virginia list.

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New River Community and Technical College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree allied health & medical assisting services programs. 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.

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#9

Mountain State College

Parkersburg, WV

Mountain State College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Associate Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking. Mountain State College is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Parkersburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Mountain State College are $8,665 a year.

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West Virginia Junior College - Charleston landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree allied health & medical assisting services programs. WVJC Charleston is a small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized suburb of Cross Lanes.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WVJC Charleston are $14,529 per year.

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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
Georgia 2,571
South Carolina 774
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

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 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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