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Best Value Allied Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$15,036 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,589 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2021-2022, 83,587 allied health & medical assisting services students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #3 most popular in the country.

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.

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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Allied Health Services

#1

Rogers State University

Claremore, OK

Our 2023 rankings named Rogers State University the best value school in the Southwest Region for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the fringe town of Claremore, RSU is a public college with a small student population.

RSU undergraduate students pay an average of $15,036 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 2 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pima Medical Institute - Tucson landed the # 2 spot on the list. PMI Tucson is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Tucson.

The average amount in student loans that medical assisting majors at PMI Tucson take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $23,411.

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Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Colleges by State

Explore the best allied health & medical assisting services colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 2,214
Texas 9,187
Oklahoma 1,297
New Mexico 657

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 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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