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Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Arkansas

2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Arkansas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$4,834 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2021-2022, allied health & medical assisting services students earned 500 degrees and certificates from an Arkansas school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.

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 Basic Certificate Schools in Arkansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Arkansas 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 Arkansas

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

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

#1

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR

Our analysis found Arkansas Tech University to be the best value school for allied health & medical assisting services students who want to pursue a basic certificate in Arkansas. ATU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Russellville.

ATU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,071 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

ATU also took the #4 spot in our Best Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Trade Schools in Arkansas rankings.

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The excellent basic certificate programs at Arkansas State University - Beebe helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value allied health & medical assisting services schools in Arkansas. Located in the fringe town of Beebe, ASU-Beebe is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ASU-Beebe are $3,024 a year.

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#3

North Arkansas College

Harrison, AR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Arkansas College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Allied Health Services Basic Certificate Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the town of Harrison, Northark is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northark are $3,408 per year.

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Out of the 4 schools in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern College of Health Vocations, Little Rock landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Little Rock, Eastern College of Health Vocations, Little Rock is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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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
South Carolina 774
Georgia 2,571
North Carolina 1,765
Florida 6,643
West Virginia 810
Louisiana 2,022
Virginia 1,147
Tennessee 1,693
Alabama 1,021
Kentucky 1,120
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 4 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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