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Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$15,864 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate School for You

With 83,587 degrees and certificates handed out in 2021-2022, allied health & medical assisting services is the #3 most popular major in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which trade school program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate 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. 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.

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


 

2023 Best Value Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Top 10 Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Basic Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Pickens Technical College the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large city of Aurora, Pickens Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pickens Technical College are $8,830 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lamar Community College is a great value for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the remote town of Lamar, LCC is a public college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LCC are $6,720 per year.

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#3

University of Providence

Great Falls, MT

The excellent basic certificate programs at University of Providence helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health & medical assisting services schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . University of Providence is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Great Falls.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Providence are $27,606 per year.

University of Providence did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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#4

Aims Community College

Greeley, CO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Aims Community College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Greeley, Aims Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Aims Community College are $10,850 a year.

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#5

Front Range Community College

Westminster, CO

Out of the 18 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Front Range Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. FRCC is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Westminster.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FRCC are $15,776 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, FRCC also is in the top 20% of our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.

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#6

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, UT

With a ranking of #6, Salt Lake Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for allied health & medical assisting services students working on their basic certificate. Located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Salt Lake Community College are $13,701 a year.

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#7

Pikes Peak Community College

Colorado Springs, CO

Pikes Peak Community College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. PPCC is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Colorado Springs.

PPCC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,714 in tuition and fees each year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, PPCC also did well on our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#8

Dixie State University

Saint George, UT

Dixie State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Saint George, Dixie State College is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Dixie State College are $17,642 per year.

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#9

Idaho State University

Pocatello, ID

Idaho State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Pocatello, ISU is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at ISU are $25,936 per year.

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#10

Milan Institute-Nampa

Boise, ID

Milan Institute-Nampa came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Milan Institute-Nampa is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Boise.

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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 Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,413
Utah 1,118
Idaho 351
Montana 130
Wyoming 62

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 18 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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