Find Trade Colleges

Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in New Jersey

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$5,640 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in New Jersey ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in New Jersey to see which basic certificate programs offered the best value experiences for medical assisting students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in New Jersey

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

Best New Jersey Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking Less Than 1 Year in Allied Health Services

#1

Union County College

Cranford, NJ

Our 2023 rankings named Union County College the best value school in New Jersey for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Cranford, Union County College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Union County College undergraduate students pay an average of $10,562 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Union County College also made our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in New Jersey list, coming in at #3.

Read full report on Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at Union County College

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Rowan College of South Jersey Gloucester Campus is a great value for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the suburb of Sewell, RCSJ is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

RCSJ undergraduate students pay an average of $5,640 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read More…

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the suburb of Piscataway, AIMS Education is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Read full report on Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services at American Institute of Medical Sciences & Education

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Medical Career Institute. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the suburb of Ocean, Medical Career Institute is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Read More…

Out of the 7 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Prism Career Institute, Cherry Hill landed the # 3 spot on the list. Prism Career Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Cherry Hill.

Read More…

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Prism Career Institute, West Atlantic City is a great value for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the medium-sized suburb of West Atlantic City, Prism Career Institute is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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

#3

ASI Career Institute

Turnersville, NJ

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means ASI Career Institute is a great value for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. 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

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

Explore all the Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools 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.

  • 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.

Featured Schools

Find Trade Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited trade schools across the U.S.